Table 3.
Associations between the most common specific morbidities recorded in secondary care and the risk of emergency cancer diagnosis: unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) from multivariable logistic regressiona.
| Colon cancer | Rectal cancer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency diagnosis n (%) | Unadjusted OR and 95% CI | Multivariate OR and 95% CI | Emergency diagnosis n (%) | Unadjusted OR and 95% CI | Multivariate OR and 95% CI | |||||
| Cardiovascular disease | ||||||||||
| No | 705 (26.8) | 128 (9.1) | ||||||||
| Yes | 252 (43.2) | 2.1 | 1.7, 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5, 2.5 | 57 (27.3) | 2.1 | 1.7, 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.7, 4.3 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | ||||||||||
| No | 758 (28.5) | 141 (10.0) | ||||||||
| Yes | 199 (35.5) | 1.4 | 1.1, 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9, 1.4 | 44 (20.3) | 1.4 | 1.1, 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9, 2.1 |
| Diabetes | ||||||||||
| No | 792 (29.1) | 153 (10.8) | ||||||||
| Yes | 165 (33.5) | 1.2 | 1.0, 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9, 1.5 | 32 (15.9) | 1.2 | 1.0, 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7, 1.9 |
| Chronic renal disease | ||||||||||
| No | 857 (28.7) | 162 (10.6) | ||||||||
| Yes | 100 (44.6) | 2.0 | 1.5, 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.0, 2.1 | 23 (25.3) | 2.0 | 1.5, 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.7, 2.5 |
aMultivariable models included age, sex, deprivation, symptoms, type of first investigation and specific morbidities.