Table 4.

Associations between patient characteristics and urgent referrals received within 2 weeks after visiting the GP (main analysis)

	Unadjusted OR	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value	OR	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value
Features
Anaemia	1.17	1.01	1.37	<0.001	1.14	0.97	1.33	<0.001
Rectal bleeding	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref
Dysphagia	0.91	0.84	0.99		1.01	0.93	1.09
Breast lump	12.15	11.41	12.94		16.85	15.56	18.26
Haematuria	3.29	3.05	3.54		3.29	3.05	3.54
Post-menopausal bleeding	9.57	8.74	10.48		9.93	9.01	10.94
Age
18 to 24 years	0.08	0.04	0.16	<0.001	0.20	0.10	0.42	<0.001
25 to 34 years	1.41	1.28	1.56		0.37	0.33	0.41
35 to 44 years	2.25	2.10	2.42		0.58	0.53	0.64
45 to 54 years	1.47	1.39	1.56		0.80	0.75	0.86
55 to 64 years	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref
65 to 74 years	0.90	0.84	0.96		1.11	1.04	1.20
75 to 84 years	0.83	0.78	0.89		1.20	1.11	1.30
85 or older	0.64	0.58	0.71		0.96	0.86	1.07
Sex (female)	3.06	2.92	3.21	<0.001	1.03	0.97	1.10	0.365
IMD
1 (least deprived)	Ref	Ref	Ref	0.775	Ref	Ref	Ref	0.246
2	0.98	0.93	1.05		1.01	0.94	1.09
3	1.03	0.96	1.10		1.05	0.98	1.13
4	1.00	0.93	1.08		1.09	1.01	1.18
5 (most deprived)	1.00	0.92	1.08		1.06	0.97	1.17
Comorbidities
0	Ref	Ref	Ref	<0.001	Ref	Ref	Ref	<0.001
1	0.90	0.85	0.95		0.99	0.92	1.06
2	0.85	0.80	0.90		0.97	0.91	1.04
3	0.74	0.69	0.79		0.89	0.82	0.96
≥4	0.60	0.56	0.64		0.87	0.80	0.94
Previous history of cancer	–	–	–		0.90	0.82	0.99	0.035

This table was created by the authors.

GP, general practitioner; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.