TABLE V.
Associations between physician visits and cervical cancer in the Invasive Cervical Cancer Study, Montreal, Quebec, 1998–2004
| Practitioner type | Study group | or | 95% ci | Adjustedb | ||
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| Casesa [n (%)] | Controls [n (%)] | or | 95% ci | |||
| Family physician | ||||||
| 0 Visits | 54 (9.6) | 146 (26.0) | Reference | Reference | ||
| 1 to 2 Visits | 65 (11.6) | 53 (9.4) | 4.8 | 2.7 to 8.4 | 3.6 | 2.0 to 6.6 |
| 3 to 4 Visits | 55 (9.8) | 49 (8.7) | 4.4 | 2.4 to 7.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 to 6.6 |
| >4 Visits | 388 (69.0) | 314 (55.9) | 5.2 | 3.3 to 8.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 to 7.6 |
| Gynecologist | ||||||
| 0 Visits | 355 (63.2) | 345 (61.4) | Reference | Reference | ||
| 1 to 2 Visits | 110 (19.6) | 75 (13.4) | 1.4 | 1.0 to 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.3 |
| 3 to 4 Visits | 38 (6.8) | 58 (10.3) | 0.6 | 0.4 to 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.7 |
| >4 Visits | 59 (10.5) | 84 (15.0) | 0.7 | 0.5 to 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Medical specialist other than gynecologist | ||||||
| 0 Visits | 86 (15.3) | 172 (30.6) | Reference | Reference | ||
| 1 to 2 Visits | 110 (19.6) | 67 (11.9) | 4.1 | 2.6 to 6.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 to 4.0 |
| 3 to 4 Visits | 65 (11.6) | 47 (8.4) | 3.6 | 2.2 to 5.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 to 3.5 |
| >4 Visits | 301 (53.6) | 276 (49.1) | 2.8 | 1.9 to 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 to 2.8 |
a
Of 568 patients who met the study inclusion criteria, 6 did not have a ramq number. Matched controls were not obtained for the latter 6 patients, thus leaving 562 cases and 562 controls for analysis.
b
Each model was adjusted for the number of visits to other physician types, using the 0, 1–2, 3–4, >4 categories.
or = odds ratio; ci = confidence interval.