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Table 1 The distribution and association of selected risk factors with diagnostic to curative surgery waiting times, prostate cancer, 1996-2009

From: Time from diagnosis to surgery and prostate cancer survival: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

N

%

Waiting times (days)

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis1

Median

Interquartile range

Coefficient2

95% confidence interval

Coefficient2

95% confidence interval

Age group

        

 15 - 54

1990

11.68

89

(65–119)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 55 - 64

8839

51.86

94

(70–125)

4.60

2.90 to 6.30

4.94

3.21 to 6.68

 65 and above

6214

36.46

97

(70–126)

5.67

4.14 to 7.21

6.24

4.69 to 7.78

Region of residence

        

 London

1971

11.56

93

(66–124)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 North East

940

5.52

104

(80–133)

10.73

3.30 to 18.16

11.43

4.61 to 18.25

 North West

1245

7.31

85

(62–114)

−6.63

−10.29 to −2.97

−6.08

−9.23 to −2.93

 Yorkshire and the Humber

1914

11.23

102

(77–131)

9.07

5.38 to 12.76

9.44

6.24 to 12.63

 East Midlands

1200

7.04

88

(67–115.5)

−2.79

−6.49 to 0.90

−2.78

−6.20 to 0.64

 West Midlands

2012

11.81

104

(74–132)

8.88

5.17 to 12.60

9.22

6.06 to 12.38

 East of England

2002

11.75

96

(73–126)

4.35

−0.75 to 9.45

6.21

2.97 to 9.45

 South East

3413

20.03

91

(68–124)

0.65

−3.18 to 4.48

0.80

−2.62 to 4.23

 South West

2346

13.77

91

(68–119)

−2.49

−6.19 to 1.21

−2.86

−6.19 to 0.47

Ethnicity, major groups 3

        

 White

6671

68.50

90

(67–118)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 Non-White

446

4.58

94

(69–125)

3.73

−1.62 to 9.08

3.45

−1.61 to 8.51

 Unknown

2621

26.92

89

(66–117)

−0.89

−3.07 to 1.30

−0.11

−2.17 to 1.94

Tumour differentiation

        

 Well differentiated

837

4.91

98

(73–130)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 Moderately differentiated

4857

28.50

98

(74–128)

−2.95

−7.02 to 1.12

−4.98

−8.53 to −1.43

 Poor- & undifferentiated

1397

8.20

91

(69–117)

−7.81

−12.28 to −3.35

−9.71

−14.25 to −5.17

 Unknown

9952

58.39

92

(68–124)

    

Deprivation quintile

        

 1 - least deprived

4499

26.40

93

(69–125)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 2

4235

24.85

94

(69–124)

−0.37

−1.54 to 0.79

−0.26

−1.52 to 1.00

 3

3477

20.40

95

(70–125)

0.33

−1.68 to 2.35

0.54

−1.34 to 2.42

 4

2581

15.14

95

(70–125)

1.15

−0.83 to 3.13

1.09

−0.52 to 2.70

 5 - most deprived

1737

10.19

98

(72–130)

3.67

1.63 to 5.72

2.49

0.26 to 4.72

 Unknown

514

3.02

95

(65–132)

    

Cancer plan implementation period

        

 Prior to implementation (1996–2000)

1701

9.98

98

(69–131)

0.00

 

0.00

 

 After implementation (2001–2009)

15342

90.02

94

(70–124)

−1.86

−5.14 to 1.42

2.91

−0.36 to 6.18

  1. 1adjusted for all the other variables in the table.
  2. 2represents the additional days waiting for each category compared to the reference category.
  3. 3all codes prior to 2005 were recoded as unknown; represents only data from 2005–2009.