|
Factor
|
n
|
Days to diagnosis
|
p
#
|
p
##
|
|---|
|
Patient characteristics
| | | | |
|
Age
| | | | |
|
35–65
|
52
|
24 (4–61.5)
|
0.5
|
0.33
|
|
> 65
|
60
|
28 (11.5–53.5)
| | |
|
Sex
| | | | |
|
Male
|
82
|
26 (8–63)
|
0.4
|
0.42
|
|
Female
|
30
|
25.5 (0–46)
| | |
|
Referral pattern
| | | | |
|
GP
|
18
|
18 (0–33)
|
0.10
|
0.07
|
|
Specialist
|
94
|
28 (8–62)
| | |
|
History of smoking
| | | | |
|
Never smoked
|
33
|
13 (0–35)
|
<0.01
|
0.17
|
|
Current or past smoker
|
79
|
29 (11–63)
| | |
|
Nodule characteristics
| | | | |
|
Calcification within the nodule
| | | | |
|
Yes
|
12
|
26.5 (5–51)
|
0.4
|
0.34
|
|
No
|
100
|
25.5 (0–25.5)
| | |
|
Spiculated nodule
| | | | |
|
Yes
|
32
|
33 (25.5–65.5)
|
0.02
|
0.41
|
|
No
|
80
|
14.5 (3.5–56.5)
| | |
|
Mediastinal involvement
| | | | |
|
Yes
|
31
|
25 (11–62)
|
0.29
|
0.74
|
|
No
|
81
|
27 (6–61)
| | |
- GP = General Practitioner
-
p
# In Mann-Whitney test.
-
p
## In multivariate Cox regression model.
