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. 2019 Jun 3;55(6):238. doi: 10.3390/medicina55060238

Table 3.

Longer diagnostic delay effect on risk of complications and Durie-Salmon stage—multiple binary and Poisson regression models.

Beta Value p Value Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Factors included in MM 1 Complications (measured as ≤1 and >1) Regression Model
(Intercept) −3.875 0.107 0.019 -
E 2 interval duration, range 23–1800 days 0.003 0.024 1.003 1.000–1.006
Gender: 1—male, 2—female −0.752 0.255 0.471 0.129–1.720
Age, range 19–84 years 0.035 0.329 1.035 0.966–1.110
CIRS index value, range 3–12 −0.050 0.707 0.951 0.733–1.234
Factors included in MM 1 Durie-Salmon stage (measured as 1 = 1A, 2 = IB, etc.) regression model
(Intercept) 0.644 0.218 1.904 -
E 2 interval duration, range 23–1800 days 0.001 0.049 1.001 1.000–1.001
Gender: 1—male, 2—female −0.160 0.261 0.085 0.644–1.127
Age, range 19-84 years 0.010 0.216 1.010 0.994–1.026
CIRS index value, range 3–12 0.015 0.580 1.016 0.962–1.072

1—multiple myeloma. 2—overall time between symptom onset and diagnosis (sum of A, B, C intervals).