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Table 5 Predictors of Colorectal Cancer, 1/3 algorithm

From: Performance of the colorectal cancer screening marker Sept9 is influenced by age, diabetes and arthritis: a nested case–control study

Predictor

OR (95 % CI)

p-value*

Sept9 -crude estimate

8.25 (4.83–14.09)

0.000

Correction for other variables

Multivariate OR (95 % CI)

p-value*

Sept9 -adjusted OR

29.46 (12.58–69.02)

0.000

Demographic characteristics

  

Age >65

2.80 ( 1.23–6.36)

0.014

Age as effect–modificator of Sept9

0.24 (0.07–0.80)

0.020

Co-morbidities

  

Diabetes

2.26 (0.51–10.05)

0.283

Arterioschlerosis

0.39 (0.18–0.86)

0.019

Arthritis

4.88 (1.30–18.42)

0.019

Arthritis as effect-modificator of Sept9

0 .02 (0.000.22)

0.001

  1. *p<0.05 considered statistically significant