Table 2. GP consultations for any reason for patients diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer following EP vs non-EP.

	Colon cancer				Rectal cancer
	Total	Non-EP	EP		Total	Non-EP	EP
	N=1029	N=668	N=361		N=577	N=490	N=87
	%	%	%	P-valuea	%	%	%	P-valuea
GP visits for any reason 25–60 months pre-diagnosis (number of visits per year)
Median (IQR)		5 (2–10)	5 (2–10)	0.739		5 (2–9)	5 (2–12)	0.226
0 visits	12.1	12.9	10.5	0.756	12.1	12.7	9.2	0.124
1–2 visits	18.8	17.1	21.9		21.5	21.0	24.1
3–4 visits	16.3	17.5	14.1		15.9	16.1	14.9
5–9 visits	28.8	28.0	30.2		27.7	29.2	19.5
10+ visits	24.1	24.6	23.3		22.7	21.0	32.2
GP visits for any reason 13–24 months pre-diagnosis (number of visits per year)
Median (IQR)		8 (3–14)	7 (3–13)	0.038		6 (2–11)	9 (4–15)	0.002
0 visits	6.0	9.1	7.1	0.056	8.4	6.9	8.2	0.002
1–2 visits	13.5	14.7	13.9		18.2	6.9	16.5
3–4 visits	12.4	13.3	12.7		12.2	12.6	12.3
5–9 visits	24.7	24.4	24.6		31.8	28.7	31.4
10+ visits	43.4	38.5	41.7		29.4	44.8	31.7
GP visits for any reason between 30 days and 12 months pre-diagnosis
Median (IQR)		12 (7–18)	10 (5–19)	0.041		9 (5–13)	12 (6–20)	0.010
0 visits	2.4	2.1	3.1	0.008	3.1	3.1	3.5	0.068
1–2 visits	5.3	3.9	7.8		9.2	9.0	10.3
3–4 visits	7.2	6.3	8.9		11.3	12.2	5.8
5–9 visits	26.3	26.8	25.5		29.3	30.6	21.8
10+ visits	58.8	60.9	54.9		47.1	45.1	58.6

Abbreviations: EP=emergency presentation; GP=general practioner; IQR=interquartile range; non-EP=non-emergency presentation.

^aThe Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for comparing median number of visits. Test for trend was calculated for categorical variable of GP visits.