Table 3.

Crude ORs and adjusted ORs for associations between lifestyle factors, socioeconomic status and contact to GP with at least one of the four cancer alarm symptoms (symptom experiences <6 months)

	Crude ORs			Adjusted ORs*
	OR	P values	95% CI	OR	P values	95% CI
Age group
20–39	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
40–59	1.11	0.284	0.92 to 1.33	1.13	0.198	0.94 to 1.36
60+	1.91	<0.001	1.45 to 2.53	2.56	<0.001	1.69 to 3.89
Smoking status
Never smoker	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Former smoker	1.04	0.699	0.85 to 1.28
Current smoker	0.93	0.533	0.75 to 1.16
BMI
Underweight	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Normal weight	1.43	0.209	0.82 to 2.48
Overweight	1.22	0.497	0.69 to 2.16
Obese	1.21	0.532	0.67 to 2.18
Alcohol consumption
0	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
1–7	0.97	0.730	0.80 to 1.17
>8	1.03	0.830	0.80 to 1.32
Labour market affiliation
Working	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Pensions	1.49	0.022	1.06 to 2.09	0.64	0.089	0.38 to 1.07
Out of workforce	1.04	0.786	0.80 to 1.34	0.92	0.523	0.70 to 1.20
Equivalence-weighted disposable income
Low (first quartile)	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Middle (second and third quartile)	0.97	0.784	0.78 to 1.20
High (fourth quartile)	1.07	0.582	0.83 to 1.38
Ethnicity
Danish	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Immigrants	1.52	0.010	1.10 to 2.08	1.56	0.007	1.13 to 2.15
Descendants of immigrants	0.95	0.927	0.35 to 2.58	1.06	0.913	0.39 to 2.87
Marital status
Single	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Married/living together	0.99	0.892	0.82 to 1.19
Educational level
Low (<10 years)	1.00	–	1.00 to 1.00
Middle (10–12 years)	0.88	0.322	0.69 to 1.13
High (>12 years)	0.89	0.362	0.69 to 1.14

*Adjusted for age, labour market affiliation and ethnicity.

Bold denotes significant result with p-value <0.05.

BMI, body mass index; GP, general practitioner.