Table 2 Baseline characteristics
Cancer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients n=838 | yes n=188 | no n=650 | p-value | |
Age, mean (SD), years | 63.6 (13.5) | 68.9 (10.5) | 62.0 (13.8) | <0.001 |
Gender, n (%), men | 395 (47) | 107 (57) | 288 (44) | 0.002 |
Co-morbidity, n (%) | ||||
0 | 393 (47) | 12 (6) | 381 (58) | |
1 | 258 (31) | 111 (59) | 147 (23) | |
≥2 | 187 (22) | 65 (35) | 122 (19) | <0.001 |
Duration of symptoms, weeks, median (IQR) | 12 (6–26) | 10 (4–20) | 12 (8–26) | <0.001 |
Missing, n (%) | 168 (20) | 43 (23) | 123 (19) | |
Exposures, n (%) | 158 (19) | 29 (15) | 129 (20) | 0.18 |
Missing, n (%) | 5 (0.6) | 0 | 5 (1) | |
Smoking, n (%) | ||||
Never smoked | 368 (44) | 77 (41) | 291 (45) | |
Former smoker | 221 (26) | 60 (32) | 161 (25) | |
Smoker | 208 (25) | 39 (21) | 169 (26) | |
Missing, n (%) | 41 (5) | 12 (6) | 29 (4) | 0.11 |
Marital status, n (%) | ||||
Married/co-inhabitant | 565 (67) | 120 (64) | 445 (68) | |
Separated/divorced | 97 (12) | 30 (16) | 67 (10) | |
Widow/widower | 92 (11) | 28 (15) | 64 (10) | |
Unmarried/single | 80 (9) | 9 (5) | 71 (11) | |
Missing, n (%) | 4 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (0.5) | 0.005 |
Education, n (%) | ||||
Compulsory <12 years | 178 (21) | 31 (16) | 147 (23) | |
Short <15 years/skilled worker | 285 (34) | 67 (36) | 218 (34) | |
Medium academic/trade | 234 (28) | 57 (30) | 177 (27) | |
Long academic/university level | 131 (16) | 32 (17) | 99 (15) | |
Missing, n (%) | 10 (1) | 1 (0.5) | 9 (1) | 0.37 |
Occupation, n (%) | ||||
Employed | 289 (35) | 46 (25) | 243 (37) | |
Retired/disability pay | 516 (62) | 139 (74) | 377 (58) | |
Unemployed | 29 (3) | 3 (1) | 26 (4) | |
Missing, n (%) | 4 (0.5) | 0 | 4 (9.6) | 0.001 |
Cancer in family, n (%) | 162 (19) | 36 (19) | 126 (19) | |
Missing, n (%) | 20 (2) | 4 (2) | 16 (2) | 0.96 |
Previous cancer in patient, n (%) | 72 (9) | 0 | 72 (11) | |
Missing, n (%) | 7 (1) | 0 | 7 (1) | <0.001 |