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Table 1 Distribution of co-variables by deprivation quintile among all women (N = 786)

From: Do pre-diagnosis primary care consultation patterns explain deprivation-specific differences in net survival among women with breast cancer? An examination of individually-linked data from the UK West Midlands cancer registry, national screening programme and Clinical Practice Research Datalink

 

Total

Least deprived

2

3

4

Most deprived

p-valuea

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

786 (100)

211 (100)

213 (100)

140 (100)

112 (100)

110 (100)

Vital status at end of follow up

 Alive

567 (72.1)

165 (78.2)

154 (72.3)

106 (75.7)

76 (67.9)

66 (60.0)

0.008

 Dead

219 (27.9)

46 (21.8)

59 (27.7)

34 (24.3)

36 (32.1)

44 (40.0)

Age groups

 50–54

191 (24.3)

49 (23.2)

57 (26.8)

29 (20.7)

27 (24.1)

29 (26.4)

0.707

 55–59

174 (22.1)

48 (22.7)

48 (22.5)

35 (25.0)

21 (18.8)

22 (20.0)

 60–64

216 (27.5)

66 (31.3)

58 (27.2)

33 (23.6)

33 (29.5)

26 (23.6)

 65–70

205 (26.1)

48 (22.7)

50 (23.5)

43 (30.7)

31 (27.7)

33 (30.0)

Extent of disease at diagnosis

 Localised

437 (55.6)

127 (60.2)

118 (55.4)

81 (57.9)

59 (52.7)

52 (47.3)

0.045

 Regional

255 (32.4)

64 (30.3)

65 (30.5)

45 (32.1)

39 (34.8)

42 (38.2)

 Distant

24 (3.1)

3 (1.4)

5 (2.3)

3 (2.1)

4 (3.6)

9 (8.2)

 Missing

70 (8.9)

17 (8.1)

25 (11.7)

11 (7.9)

10 (8.9)

7 (6.4)

Screening groups

 Screen-detected cancer

316 (40.2)

112 (53.1)

119 (55.9)

64 (45.7)

65 (58.0)

74 (67.3)

0.013

 Not screen-detected cancer

434 (55.2)

91 (43.1)

83 (39.0)

67 (47.9)

45 (40.2)

30 (27.3)

 Missing

36 (4.6)

8 (3.8)

11 (5.2)

9 (6.4)

2 (1.8)

6 (5.5)

Period of diagnosis

 1989–1994

81 (10.3)

18 (8.5)

22 (10.3)

13 (9.3)

11 (9.8)

17 (15.5)

0.011

 1995–2000

283 (36.0)

79 (37.4)

64 (30.0)

57 (40.7)

32 (28.6)

51 (46.4)

 2001–2006

422 (53.7)

114 (54.0)

127 (59.6)

70 (50.0)

69 (61.6)

42 (38.2)

Smoking status

 Non- or ex-smoker

541 (68.8)

159 (75.4)

154 (72.3)

94 (67.1)

74 (66.1)

60 (54.5)

0.002

 Current smoker

222 (28.2)

45 (21.3)

55 (25.8)

42 (30.0)

33 (29.5)

47 (42.7)

 Missing

23 (2.9)

7 (3.3)

4 (1.9)

4 (2.9)

5 (4.5)

3 (2.7)

Alcohol consumption status

 Non-drinker

84 (10.7)

17 (8.1)

13 (6.1)

19 (13.6)

12 (10.7)

23 (20.9)

<0.001

 Current drinker

569 (72.4)

161 (76.3)

171 (80.3)

96 (68.6)

72 (64.3)

69 (62.7)

 Ex-drinker

81 (10.3)

19 (9.0)

16 (7.5)

14 (10.0)

18 (16.1)

14 (12.7)

 Missing

52 (6.6)

14 (6.6)

13 (6.1)

11 (7.9)

10 (8.9)

4 (3.6)

BMI (kg/m2)

  < 25 kg/m2

305 (38.8)

84 (39.8)

99 (46.5)

53 (37.9)

40 (35.7)

29 (26.4)

0.001

 25 to <30

235 (29.9)

73 (34.6)

50 (23.5)

43 (30.7)

32 (28.6)

37 (33.6)

 30+

189 (24)

41 (19.4)

49 (23.0)

29 (20.7)

32 (28.6)

38 (34.5)

 Missing

57 (7.3)

13 (6.2)

15 (7.0)

15 (10.7)

8 (7.1)

6 (5.5)

 

Charlson score

 0

684 (87)

191 (90.5)

185 (86.9)

124 (88.6)

93 (83.0)

91 (82.7)

0.202

 1+

102 (13)

20 (9.5)

28 (13.1)

16 (11.4)

19 (17.0)

19 (17.3)

  1. a P-values are derived from X 2 tests for categorical variables and non-parametric tests for trend for continuous variables (BMI, breast-related consultations). All tests exclude missing values