Table 1. Distribution, HR (95% CI) and p values for factors associated with time to first healthcare visit, diagnosis, treatment and survival.
| N | Time to first health care visit, N = 64 | Time to pathological diagnosis, N = 64 | Time to treatment begin, N = 46 | Time to death, N = 45 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude HR (95% CI) | p | crude HR (95% CI) | p | crude HR (95% CI) | p | crude HR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Age in 10 years | 64 | 0.98 (0.83;1.16) | 0.81 | 1.2 (1.0; 1.5) | 0.05 | 0.99 (0.81; 1.23) | 0.94 | 1.04 (0.76; 1.41) | 0.81 |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Housewife | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Working | 30 | 1.3 (0.8; 2.2) | 0.25 | 0.5 (0.3; 0.8) | 0.01 | 0.9 (0.5; 1.6) | 0.71 | 0.5 (0.2; 1.4) | 0.17 |
| Married | |||||||||
| Yes | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| No | 19 | 0.7 (0.4; 1.3) | 0.26 | 1.5 (0.9; 2.7) | 0.13 | 1.6 (0.9; 3.1) | 0.14 | 1.3 (0.5; 3.2) | 0.60 |
| Residence | |||||||||
| Bamako | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other | 35 | 1.3 (0.8; 2.1) | 0.38 | 1.9 (1.1; 3.2) | 0.02 | 0.4 (0.2; 0.8) | 0.01 | 0.6 (0.3; 1.5) | 0.28 |
| Health Insurance | |||||||||
| Yes | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| No | 51 | 0.6 (0.3; 1.2) | 0.15 | 0.9 (0.5; 1.7) | 0.83 | 2.0 (1.0; 4.2) | 0.06 | 7.1 (0.9; 53.7) | 0.06 |
| Knowledge of BSE | |||||||||
| Yes | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| No | 51 | 0.3 (0.2; 0.6) | 0.00 | 1.3 (0.7; 2.4) | 0.4 | 1.3 (0.6; 2.9) | 0.49 | 0.7 (0.3; 2.0) | 0.53 |
| Traditional healer | |||||||||
| Yes | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| No | 41 | 1.6 (0.9; 2.6) | 0.09 | 1.1 (0.6; 1.8) | 0.86 | 0.6 (0.3; 1.1) | 0.11 | 0.3 (0.1; 0.8) | 0.02 |
| Symptom Interpretation | |||||||||
| Cancer | 13 | 1 | |||||||
| Infection/ Nothing | 51 | 0.4 (0.2; 0.8) | 0.01 | ||||||
| First Health care facility | |||||||||
| Community | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Hospital | 51 | 0.8 (0.5; 1.6) | 0.58 | 1.5 (0.8; 2.8) | 0.21 | ||||
| First medical doctor | |||||||||
| Generalist | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Specialist | 41 | 1.1 (0.6; 1.8) | 0.82 | 1.5 (0.9; 2.5) | 0.15 | ||||
| First Diagnosis | |||||||||
| Cancer/Serious | 38 | 1 | |||||||
| Infection/ Nothing | 26 | 0.7 (0.4; 1.1) | 0.15 | ||||||
| Time to health visit (months) | 64 | 1.01 (1.00; 1.03) | 0.04 | 1.003 (0.993; 1.013) | 0.53 | 1.002 (0.987; 1.018) | 0.77 | ||
| Time to Diagnosis (months) | 64 | 0.996 (0.962; 1.032) | 0.84 | 0.98 (0.91; 1.05) | 0.57 | ||||
| Facility of diagnosis | |||||||||
| University Hospital | 48 | 1 | |||||||
| Other | 16 | 0.8 (0.4; 1.5) | 0.45 | ||||||
| Doctor of diagnosis | |||||||||
| Generalist/Gynecologist | 29 | 1 | |||||||
| Oncologist/Surgeon | 35 | 1.6 (0.9; 2.8) | 0.16 | ||||||
| Size of Tumor | |||||||||
| T0/T1/T2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| T3/T4 | 49 | 0.6 (0.4; 1.2) | 0.15 | 0.8 (0.5; 1.5) | 0.55 | 4.1 (1.7; 10.1) | 0.00 | 4.1 (1.7; 10.1) | 0.00 |
| Lymph Node Involvement | |||||||||
| N0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| N1/N2 | 42 | 1.4 (0.8; 2.4) | 0.22 | 0.9 (0.5; 1.5) | 0.62 | 0.9 (0.4;1.6) | 0.61 | 2.9 (0.8; 9.8) | 0.09 |