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. 2022 Apr 5;72(718):e361–e368. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0552

Table 2.

Numbers of participants with additional features, by age group and sex, and by feature–cancer combination

Cancer and additional feature Women, n (%) Men, n (%)

Aged 40–59 years (n= 29 920) Aged 60–69 years (n = 14 955) Aged ≥70 years (n= 23 008) Aged 40–59 years (n= 29 944) Aged 60–69 years (n = 14 506) Aged ≥70 years (n= 13 460)
Colorectal, ovary, oesophagogastric, liver
Abdominal mass 67 (0.2) 51 (0.3) 85 (0.4) 63 (0.2) 32 (0.2) 57 (0.4)

Colorectal, ovary
Change in bowel habit 281 (0.9) 201 (1.3) 330 (1.4) n/a n/a n/a

Colorectal, pancreas
Constipation 810 (2.7) 586 (3.9) 1765 (7.7) 645 (2.2) 574 (4.0) 1118 (8.3)
Diarrhoea 988 (3.3) 648 (4.3) 1474 (6.4) 1065 (3.6) 578 (4.0) 644 (4.8)

Pancreas, oesophagogastric
Nausea and/or vomiting 833 (2.8) 567 (3.8) 1486 (6.5) 626 (2.1) 325 (2.2) 587 (4.4)

Colorectal, oesophagogastric, pancreas, ovary
Weight loss 108 (0.4) 91 (0.6) 316 (1.4) 158 (0.5) 116 (0.8) 222 (1.6)

Bladder, kidney
Haematuria 100 (0.3) 88 (0.6) 129 (0.6) 182 (0.6) 119 (0.8) 199 (1.5)
Urinary tract infection 1514 (5.1) 1013 (6.8) 2183 (9.5) 352 (1.2) 261 (1.8) 506 (3.8)

Uterus, oesophagogastric
Low haemoglobin 2145 (7.2) 1209 (8.1) 4069 (17.7) n/a n/a n/a
Raised platelets 1001 (3.3) 636 (4.3) 1348 (5.9) n/a n/a n/a

n/a = not applicable: included because people born of male sex cannot be diagnosed with uterine cancer or with ovarian cancer.