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Table 3 Mean time from last breast symptom reported to diagnosis (N = 331) and to surgery (N = 212) by co-variables, among non-screen-detected women who also reported breast symptoms

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

 

Time from last breast-related consultation to diagnosis

Time from diagnosis to surgery

N (%)

Mean (range), days

P value (trend)

N (%)

Mean (range), days

P value (trend)a

Total

331 (100.0)

16.0 (1–509)

 

212 (100.0)

23.7 (1–199)

 

Deprivation

 Least deprived

75 (22.7)

15.6 (1–444)

0.299

48 (22.6)

22.1 (7–117)

0.034

 2

97 (29.3)

15.1 (1–509)

 

59 (27.8)

21.5 (3–156)

 

 3

52 (15.7)

15.8 (2–116)

 

34 (16.0)

20.9 (1–162)

 4

49 (14.8)

15.0 (2–373)

 

35 (16.5)

27.6 (13–136)

 Most deprived

58 (17.5)

19.3 (1–389)

 

36 (17.0)

29.2 (10–199)

Extent

 1

162 (48.9)

14.6 (1–444)

0.554

110 (51.9)

22.0 (3–139)

0.137

 2

134 (40.5)

17.2 (1–509)

 

89 (42.0)

24.3 (1–199)

 

 3

12 (3.6)

13.9 (2–222)

 

4 (1.9)

48.5 (22–156)

 missing

23 (6.9)

  

9 (4.2)

 

Age

 50–54

89 (26.9)

19.4 (1–509)

0.144

59 (27.8)

21.8 (2–162)

0.790

 55–59

62 (18.7)

14.6 (1–258)

 

45 (21.2)

25.2 (3–153)

 

 60–64

89 (26.9)

15.9 (2–109)

 

54 (25.5)

23.9 (1–151)

 65–70

91 (27.5)

14.1 (1–389)

 

54 (25.5)

24.3 (6–199)

BMI

  < 25 normal

141 (42.6)

15.0 (1–444)

0.235

85 (40.1)

21.3 (2–199)

0.590

 25to < 30 overweight

97 (29.3)

14.5 (1–509)

 

68 (32.1)

26.7 (7–156)

 

 30+ obese

68 (20.5)

20.1 (4–444)

 

49 (23.1)

22.4 (1–162)

 missing

25 (7.6)

  

10 (4.7)

 

 Smoking

 non- or ex-smoker

219 (66.2)

15.4 (1–509)

0.371

142 (67.0)

23.4 (1–156)

0.881

 current smoker

102 (30.8)

17.5 (1–258)

 

64 (30.2)

24.3 (3–199)

 

 missing

10 (3.0)

  

6 (2.8)

 

Alcohol consumption status

 non-drinker

37 (11.2)

14.0 (2–101)

0.989

26 (12.3)

21.6 (11–53)

0.857

 current drinker

242 (73.1)

16.4 (1–509)

 

155 (73.1)

24.1 (1–199)

 

 ex-drinker

33 (10.0)

15.4 (2–393)

 

23 (10.8)

21.3 (6–106)

 missing

19 (5.7)

  

8 (3.8)

 

Charlson score

 0

298 (90.0)

15.8 (1–509)

0.414

188 (88.7)

23.1 (1–199)

0.103

 1+

33 (10.0)

17.4 (2–109)

 

24 (11.3)

28.9 (12–106)

 

Lump symptom

 No

59 (17.8)

20.0 (1–444)

0.206

35 (16.5)

23.1 (3–199)

0.827

 Yes

272 (82.2)

15.2 (1–509)

 

177 (83.5)

23.8 (1–162)

 
  1. a Non-parametric tests for trend statistics and means exclude missing values and were performed on log-transformed values