Table 4.

Binary logistic regression models for probability of colorectal cancer

Variable	ß	P-value	Odds ratio ( 95% CI)
Intercept	−6.23	<0.001
Age	0.038	0.015	1.04 (1.01-1.07)
Gender	0.684	0.134	1.98 (0.83-5.08)
Mode of referral	0.271	0.551	1.31 (0.54-3.27)
Blood in stools	0.977	0.026	2.65 (1.12-6.35)
Anal pain	−1.055	0.034	0.34 (0.12-0.88)
Diabetes	0.273	0.681	1.31 (0.29-4.27)
Previous bowel polyps	−0.016	0.984	0.98 (0.15-3.79)
Previous bowel cancer	0.844	0.468	2.33 ( 0.11-16.9)
LOX quartile
2	−0.458	0.465	0.63 (0.18-2.20)
3	−0.511	0.423	0.60 ( 0.16-2.10)
4	−0.091	0.876	0.91 (0.29-2.98)

LOX not included in model
Variable	ß	P-value	Odds ratio ( 95% CI)
Intercept	−6.372	<0.001
Age	0.037	0.017	1.04 (1.01-1.07)
Gender	0.645	0.154	1.91 (0.80-4.86)
Mode of referral	0.244	0.591	1.28 (0.52-3.17)
Blood in stools	0.956	0.028	2.60 (1.10-6.21)
Anal pain	−1.052	0.035	0.50 (2.23-1.05)
Diabetes	0.321	0.625	1.38 (0.31-4.40)
Previous bowel polyps	−0.076	0.923	0.93 (0.14-3.51)
Previous bowel cancer	0.923	0.422	2.52 (0.13-18.01)

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; LOX = lysyl oxidase