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. 2021 Jul 12;59:193–202. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.07.009

Table 3.

Determinants of presentation in advanced stage (stage III-IV) at diagnosis.

Characteristics Patients
Patients with
Crude odds ratio
Adjusted∗ odds ratio
assessed
advanced
(95% CI) (95% CI)
stage (III-IV)
n n (%)
Patients with staging information 1973 903 (45.8)
Centre
 CM-VI, Casablanca 829 360 (43.4) 1.00 1.00
 INO, Rabat
1144
543
(47.5)
1.18
(0.98 -
1.40)
1.20
(0.99 -
1.43)
Period of diagnosis
 2008–2012 846 403 (47.6) 1.00 1.00
 2013–2017
1127
500
(44.4)
0.88
(0.72 -
1.04)
0.95
(0.75 -
1.17)
Age at diagnosis (years)
 <30 40 18 (45.0) 1.05 (0.47 - 1.88) 1.05 (0.50 - 1.95)
 30-39 305 133 (43.6) 1.00 1.00
 40-49 679 309 (45.5) 1.08 (0.80 - 1.39) 1.05 (0.78 - 1.39)
 50-59 569 266 (46.7) 1.14 (0.82 - 1.46) 1.07 (0.73 - 1.46)
 60-69 269 130 (48.3) 1.21 (0.84 - 1.64) 1.10 (0.70 - 1.60)
 70+
108
47
(43.5)
0.99
(0.61 -
1.49)
0.84
(0.44 -
1.32)
Residence
 Urban 1572 712 (45.3) 1.00 1.00
 Semi-urban 170 77 (45.3) 1.00 (0.70 - 1.34) 1.01 (0.71 - 1.37)
 Rural
231
114
(49.4)
1.18
(0.88 -
1.53)
1.20
(0.89 -
1.56)
Health insurance coverage
 None 550 257 (46.7) 1.00 1.00
 Covered 1195 528 (44.2) 0.91 (0.73 - 1.09) 0.93 (0.72 - 1.19)
 RAMed 925 418 (45.2) 0.94 (0.76 - 1.15) 1.01 (0.76 - 1.29)
 Employee's insurance
270
110
(40.7)
0.78
(0.57 -
1.03)
0.77
(0.54 -
1.03)
Marital status
 Never married 286 118 (41.3) 1.00 1.00
 Ever married
1571
726
(46.2)
1.22
(0.95 -
1.57)
1.10
(0.74 -
1.47)
Parity
 None 411 176 (42.8) 1.00 1.00
 1-2 472 219 (46.4) 1.16 (0.87 - 1.48) 1.13 (0.79 - 1.52)
 3-4 491 228 (46.4) 1.15 (0.88 - 1.49) 1.15 (0.82 - 1.56)
 5+
399
195
(48.9)
1.28
(0.96 -
1.66)
1.22
(0.84 -
1.68)
Menopause status
 No 975 436 (44.7) 1.00 1.00
 Yes
836
393
(47.0)
1.10
(0.91 -
1.31)
0.99
(0.76 -
1.27)
Family history of breast cancer
 No 1600 1490 (93.1) 1.00 1.00
 Yes
228
221
(96.9)
0.93
(0.69 -
1.22)
0.91
(0.65 -
1.19)
Interval between symptoms onset and first consultation (months) 1.03 (1.02 - 1.04) 1.03 (1.02 - 1.04)

CM-VI: Centre Mohammed VI pour le traitement des cancers; INO: Institut National d’Oncologie; RAMed: Régime d’Assistance Médicale; CI: Confidence Interval; ∗ Adjusted for all the variables listed in the table.