Table 3

Odds ratios for pathological diagnosis, specialist referral, and treatment from multivariate logistic regression model

Pathological diagnosis (%)OR for obtaining pathological diagnosis95% CIp value
OR=odds ratio; 95% CI=95% confidence interval.
Age (years)0.001
    <551001
    55–64970.960.89 to 1.05
    65–74920.970.90 to 1.05
    75+770.860.75 to 0.93
ECOG0.03
    ECOG 0,1971
    ECOG 2,3,4850.950.91 to 0.99
Language
    English9210.01
    Other870.930.88 to 0.98
Specialist<0.001
    No611
    Yes951.521.4 to 1.65
Specialist referral (%)OR for specialist referral
ECOG<0.001
    ECOG 0,1971
    ECOG 2,3,4850.880.84 to 0.92
Any treatment (%)OR for receiving treatment
Age (years)p<0.001
    <55961
    55–64840.910.8 to 1.04
    65–74730.840.75 to 0.96
    75+470.690.60 to 0.79
ECOGp<0.001
    ECOG 0,1881
    ECOG 2,3,4550.770.71 to 0.83