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Table 5 Prevalence ratios (PR) (95% confidence intervals ()) for alarm symptoms, Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) and Patient Assessment of Constipation-Symptoms (PAC-SYM) score

From: Prevalence of self-reported abdominal symptoms among 50–74-years-old men and women eligible for colorectal cancer screening –a cross-sectional study

 

Alarm symptomsa

N = 5488

LARSb

N = 5479

PAC_SYMc

N = 4086

Unadjusted PR

(95% CI)

Adjusted PRd

(95% CI)

Unadjusted PR

(95% CI)

Adjusted PRd

(95% CI)

Unadjusted PR

(95% CI)

Adjusted PRd

(95% CI)

Sex

 Men

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 Women

1.28 (1.16;1.41)

1.25 (1.13;1.38)

1.36 (1.27;1.47)

1.34 (1.24;1.44)

1.43 (1.31;1.55)

1.39 (1.28; 1.51)

Age (years)

 50–64

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 65–74

0.73 (0.66;0.81)

0.72 (0.65;0.81)

0.94 (0.87;1.01)

0.93 (0.86;1.00)

0.79 (0.73;0.86)

0.77 (0.71;0.84)

Origin

 Danish

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 Western

1.22 (0.91;1.64)

1.21 (0.89;1.63)

0.87 (0.67;1.13)

0.90 (0.69;1.17)

1.04 (0.80;1.36)

1.01 (0.77;1.32)

 Non-western

1.56 (1.12;2.16)

1.31 (0.92;1.87)

0.88 (0.62;1.25)

0.88 (0.62;1.25)

1.25 (0.91;1.70)

1.14 (0.83;1.59)

Marital status

 Living alone

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 Cohabiting

0.80 (0.72;0.90)

0.86 (0.76;0.96)

0.86 (0.79;0.93)

0.91 (0.83;0.99)

0.90 (0.82;0.98)

0.97 (0.88;1.07)

Education (years)

  ≤ 10

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 11–15

0.97 (0.85;1.10)

0.97 (0.85;1.10)

0.99 (0.90;1.08)

1.01 (0.92;1.11)

0.89 (0.81;0.99)

0.90 (0.81;1.00)

  > 15

0.86 (0.75;1.00)

0.86 (0.74;1.00)

0.99 (0.90;1.10)

1.00 (0.89;1.11)

0.88 (0.79;0.99)

0.88 (0.78;0.99)

Incomee

 Low tertile

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

 Middle tertile

0.91 (0.81;1.03)

0.93 (0.82;1.06)

0.90 (0.83;0.99)

0.93 (0.85;1.02)

0.91 (0.83;1.01)

0.92 (0.83;1.03)

 High tertile

0.85 (0.75;0.96)

0.87 (0.75;1.00)

0.89 (0.81;0.97)

0.92 (0.83;1.02)

0.86 (0.78;0.95)

0.86 (0.77;0.97)

  1. aNot experiencing any alarm symptoms at least once a week vs. experiencing at least one alarm symptom at least once a week
  2. bExperiencing No LARS vs. experiencing minor or major LARS
  3. cThe two thirds with lowest score vs. the one third with highest score
  4. dAdjusted for the remaining demographic and socioeconomic factors.
  5. eOECD-adjusted household income: see methods.
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