Table 1.

Time intervals (days) in the journey of oral cancer patients from symptom to treatment.

Variable	Mean (CI)	Standard Error	1st Quartile	Median	3rd Quartile
Total interval	159.80 (136.68, 182.95)	139.34	75.25	109.00	189.75
Patient interval	58.29 (40.38, 76.20)	96.10	7.00	31.00	61.00
Primary care interval	28.08 (14.36, 41.81)	63.25	59.00	31.00	115.00
Overall prereferral interval	96.00 (70.81, 121.19)	114.65	26.50	58.00	133.50
Diagnostic interval	70.12 (52.45, 87.80)	91.33	15.00	35.00	82.00
Treatment interval	32.25 (25.51, 38.99)	39.15	16.75	23.00	33.25
Mean ratio of the patient interval over other time intervals
Patient interval/primary care interval	2.94 (2.57–3.31)	0.22	0.04	1.98	7.98
Patient interval/Prereferral interval	0.74 (0.64,0.83)	0.40	0.56	0.98	1.00
Patient interval/Total interval	0.36 (0.31,0.42)	0.29	0.10	0.33	0.53