Missed Opportunities for the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

Table 5

Multivariate model examining predictors of missed diagnostic opportunity.

Variable		Wald	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	value
Gender: female	0.79	5.79	2.19 (1.16–4.16)
Race: African American	0.31	0.96	1.37 (0.73–2.57)
Age < 50	0.83	5.41	2.29 (1.14–4.60)
Number of physicians seen	0.72	23.31	2.05 (1.53–2.74)
Number of symptoms experienced	0.07	1.02	1.07 (0.94–1.23)
Stomach pain	0.54	2.34	1.07 (0.86–3.41)
Anemia	0.11	0.11	1.12 (0.58–2.17)
Constipation	0.17	0.22	1.18 (0.59–2.35)
Weight loss	0.17	0.23	1.18 (0.60–2.33)
Vomiting	−0.26	0.32	0.77 (0.32–1.87)

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