Table 3.
Diagnostic delays
| Characteristics | Descriptions | Cystoscopy delay, days Median (IQR) |
TUR-BT delay, days Median (IQR) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire cohort | All patients | 23 (15) | 21 (15) | ||
| Age |
< 70 > 70 |
22 (13) 24 (17) |
p = 0.14 |
20 (14) 22 (14) |
p = 0.19 |
| Gender |
Male Female |
23 (17) 24 (12) |
p = 0.70 |
22 (15) 21 (14) |
p = 0.80 |
| Hospital districts |
HYKS TYKS TAYS OYS KYS |
21 (19) 26 (17) 25 (16) 17 (12) 23 (9) |
p = 0.10 |
26 (11) 19 (19) 21 (15) 20 (22) 22 (21) |
p = 0.03 |
| Smoking status |
Smokera Never |
24 (16) 21 (10) |
p = 0.20 |
21 (15) 23 (18) |
p = 0.37 |
| Urine cytology |
1–2 3 4–5 |
23 (18) 23 (14) 21 (10) |
p = 0.64 |
21 (15) 24 (10) 16 (17) |
p = 0.03 |
TUR-BT transurethral resection of bladder tumor, Cystoscopy delay time between GP referral to cystoscopy, TUR-BT delay time between the first cystoscopy and TUR-BT, HYKS Helsinki University Hospital district, TYKS Turku University Hospital district, TAYS Tampere University Hospital district, OYS Oulu University Hospital district, KYS Kuopio University Hospital district
aCurrent and former smokers