Table 2. Overall incidence (% per year) of each of the investigative criteria in cases and controls.
|
Investigative criteria |
Cases |
Controls |
|
|
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung cancer | Stage I (N=31) | Stage II (N=17) | Stage III (N=31) | Stage IV (N=55) | Missing/Unknown (N=113) | Stage I (N=155) | Stage II (N=85) | Stage III (N=155) | Stage IV (N=275) | Missing/Unknown (N=565) | Over all cases (N=247) | Over all controls (N=1235) |
| Two different symptoms in 3 months |
55.0 |
65.3 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
70.8 |
15.8 |
14.1 |
11.3 |
10.9 |
12.8 |
64.7 |
12.7 |
| Cough |
56.4 |
62.4 |
63.2 |
69.0 |
66.4 |
26.4 |
22.4 |
25.8 |
22.7 |
22.9 |
65.0 |
23.6 |
| Any symptoms |
132.2 |
117.8 |
114.6 |
127.2 |
135.0 |
52.6 |
44.7 |
48.1 |
42.4 |
47.6 |
129.2 |
46.9 |
| Any two symptoms in 3 months |
68.0 |
77.1 |
74.4 |
75.5 |
85.9 |
22.3 |
19.4 |
17.1 |
15.1 |
18.1 |
79.3 |
17.9 |
| Chest pain | 24.5 | 39.4 | 23.2 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 9.8 | 31.2 | 8.3 |
|
Investigative criteria |
Cases |
Controls |
|
|
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal cancer | Duke's A (N=46) | Duke's B (N=125) | Duke's C (N=100) | Duke's D (N=35) | Missing/Unknown (N=43) | Duke's A (N=230) | Duke's B (N=624) | Duke's C (N=500) | Duke's D (N=175) | Missing/ Unknown (N=215) | Over all cases (N=349) | Over all controls (N=1744) |
| Any symptoms |
87.0 |
85.2 |
80.0 |
95.7 |
79.1 |
19.1 |
18.2 |
17.9 |
20.6 |
18.1 |
84.3 |
18.5 |
| Rectal bleeding |
45.9 |
26.0 |
25.2 |
23.7 |
32.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
28.9 |
2.4 |
| Any two symptoms in 6 months |
47.9 |
46.4 |
43.6 |
57.4 |
44.5 |
5.0 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
8.4 |
46.7 |
6.4 |
| Two different symptoms in 6 months |
33.8 |
33.6 |
30.6 |
42.0 |
34.3 |
2.6 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
3.4 |
5.3 |
33.7 |
4.0 |
| Abdominal pain | 29.7 | 35.2 | 31.0 | 44.7 | 29.2 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 33.5 | 6.2 |