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. 2020 Nov 25;2020:2895276. doi: 10.1155/2020/2895276

Table 4.

Factors associated with false positive and incorrect site self-reporting.

Report cancer incorrectly vs. correctly (FP vs. TP) Report site incorrectly vs. correctly (TP incorrect vs. TP correct)
N = 939 N = 741
Variable Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Age at report
 <50 1.0 1.0
 50 to <60 0.54 (0.34, 0.85) 0.008 2.52 (0.80, 7.99) 0.116
 60 to <70 0.29 (0.18, 0.45) <0.001 1.23 (0.38, 3.96) 0.732
 ≥70 0.35 (0.20, 0.59) <0.001 4.19 (1.29, 13.6) 0.017
Smoking
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Former 1.59 (1.10, 2.29) 0.013 0.80 (0.43, 1.48) 0.478
 Current 2.05 (1.29, 3.24) 0.002 1.48 (0.68, 3.20) 0.325
ACR diagnosis type
 Common 1.0
 Rare N/A 13.7 (7.60, 24.5) <0.001

FP: false positive; TP: true positive; FN: false negative; OR: odds ratio; NS: not significant; N/A: not applicable; ACR: Alberta Cancer Registry.