Table 2.

Recognition of Cancer Symptoms by Sociodemographics.^a

Variables	Recognition of Symptoms, OR (95% CI)
	Unexplained Lump/Swelling	Unexplained Persistent Pain	Unexplained Bleeding	Persistent Cough/Hoarseness	Difficulty in Swallowing	Change in Appearance of Mole	Sore that Does Not Heal	Unexplained Weight Loss	Loss of Appetite	Change in Bowel/Bladder Habit
Gender
Men	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Women	1.52 (0.98-2.36)	1.29 (0.93-1.79)	1.27 (0.91-1.78)	1.16 (0.83-1.62)	1.14 (0.81-1.60)	1.34 (0.92-1.93)	1.33 (0.94-1.90)	1.79b (1.27-2.51)	1.95c (1.36-2.79)	1.55b (1.08-2.23)
Age group
18-30	0.60 (0.19-1.93)	1.40 (0.62-3.14)	0.87 (0.38-2.0)	1.13 (0.50-2.54)	0.65 (0.28-1.54)	0.93 (0.36-2.38)	0.83 (0.34-2.03)	1.68 (0.72-3.92)	1.09 (0.47-2.55)	1.84 (0.78-4.33)
31-50	0.52 (0.17-1.62)	1.19 (0.54-2.63)	0.84 (0.37-1.89)	1.31 (0.59-2.89)	0.77 (0.33-1.80)	0.81 (0.32-2.06)	0.93 (0.39-2.25)	1.16 (0.51-2.65)	0.97 (0.42-2.22)	1.95 (0.85-4.50)
50+	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Education
No formal	0.31b (0.11-0.84)	0.53 (0.24 -1.14)	0.90 (0.39-2.08)	1.08 (0.51-2.29)	0.61 (0.27-1.39)	0.69 (0.27-1.79)	0.46 (0.20-1.09)	0.75 (0.34-1.65)	0.54 (0.23-1.28)	0.55 (0.24-1.26)
School	0.39b (0.23-0.69)	0.50c (0.35-0.72)	0.55b (0.39-0.79)	0.98 (0.69-1.40)	0.67b (0.47-0.96)	0.54b (0.35-0.81)	0.69 (0.47-1.00)	0.99 (0.69-1.41)	0.73 (0.50-1.08)	0.83 (0.57-1.23)
University  and PG	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Marital status
Single	2.55 (0.88-7.42)	0.98 (0.37-2.58)	0.30 (0.09-1.02)	0.60 (0.23-1.60)	0.97 (0.34-2.78)	0.46 (0.12-1.70)	0.67 (0.21-2.06)	0.41 (0.14-1.22)	1.02 (0.35-3.01)	0.75 (0.24-2.34)
Married	2.09 (0.84-5.18)	0.90 (0.37-2.20)	0.34 (0.11-1.08)	0.64 (0.26-1.59)	1.06 (0.40-2.86)	0.47 (0.13-1.64)	0.54 (0.19-1.57)	0.56 (0.20-1.55)	1.00 (0.37-2.72)	0.96 (0.33-2.77)
Others	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PG, postgraduate.

^aN = 999.

^b P < .05.

^c P < .001.