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Table 5 Comparison of patients according to diagnosis delay

From: Factors influencing diagnosis delay of advanced breast cancer in Moroccan women

  

Diagnosis delay

Bivariated analysis

Multivariated analysis

  

≤6 months (n = 39)

>6 months (n = 98)

OR

95 % CI

P value

OR

95 % CI

P value

Social demographic characteristics of the patients

        

Age at presentation (years)

Mean (±SD)

47.7 ± 10.39

48.53 ± 10.47

1.00

0.972–1.04

0.699

   

Area of residence

Rural

2 (5.1)

46 (46.9)

16.36

3.74–71.69

<0.001

9.73

1.17–80.93

0.035

 

Urban

37 (94.9)

52 (53.1)

1(Ref)

     

Marital status

Single

9 (23.1)

17 (17.3)

1(Ref)

     
 

Married

17 (43.6)

60 (61.2)

1.87

0.71–4.93

0.207

   
 

Widowed/Divorced

13 (33.3)

21 (21.4)

0.85

0.29–2.48

0.773

   

Occupation

No occupation

8 (20.5)

15 (15.3)

1(Ref)

     
 

House wife

26 (66.7)

76 (77.6)

1.56

0.59–4.10

0.368

   
 

Employed

5 (12.8)

7 (7.1)

0.75

0.18–3.13

0.689

   

Patient educational level

Illiterate

17 (43.6)

98 (100)

9 109

0–< 0.001

0.999

   
 

Primary

14 (35.9)

0 (0.0)

1

0–< 0.001

1.000

   
 

Secondary/Higher

8 (20.5)

0 (0.0)

1(Ref)

     

Spouse educational level (n = 77)

Illiterate

5 (29.4)

44 (73.3)

5.28

0.96–29.02

0.056

   
 

Primary

9 (52.9)

11 (18.3)

0.73

0.14–3.94

0.718

   
 

Secondary/Higher

3 (17.6)

5 (8.3)

1(Ref)

     

Number of dependent children

None

17 (43.6)

35 (35.7)

1(Ref)

     
 

1–3

13 (33.3)

38 (38.8)

1.42

0.60–3.34

0.422

   
 

≥4

9 (23.1)

25 (25.5)

1.35

0.52–3.51

0.540

   

Number of dependents

None

11 (28.2)

24 (24.5)

1(Ref)

     
 

1–2

22 (56.4)

64 (65.3)

1.33

0.56–3.16

0.513

   
 

≥3

6 (15.4)

10 (10.2)

0.76

0.22–2,64

0.670

   

Distance from basic health center (km)

<5

34 (87.2)

67 (68.4)

1(Ref)

     
 

≥5

5 (12.8)

31 (31.6)

3.15

1.12–8.82

0.029

0.09

0.01–0.90

0.040

Distance from specialized care (km)

<100

37 (94.9)

39 (39.8)

1(Ref)

     
 

≥100

2 (5.1)

59 (60.2)

27.99

6.38–122.85

<0.001

32.77

4.42–242.92

0.001

Medical history of the patients

        

First clinical presentations

Lump

27 (69.2)

63 (64.3)

1(Ref)

     
 

Other

12 (30.8)

35 (35.7)

1.25

0.56–2.77

0.583

   

Breast self-examination

No

27 (69.2)

88 (89.8)

3.91

1.52–10.05

0.005

1.20

0.37–3.89

0.765

 

Yes

12 (30.8)

10 (10.2)

1(Ref)

     

Family history of breast cancer

No

23 (59)

86 (87.8)

4.99

2.07–12.00

<0.001

4.46

1.39–14.32

0.012

 

Yes

16 (41)

12 (12.2)

1(Ref)

     
  1. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, 95 CI = 95 % confidence interval
  2. Numbers in bodface = significant results