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Table 3 Poisson regression model: cancer warning signs

From: Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study

  

95% CI

  

Variable

IRR†

Lower

Upper

p

Intercept

3.78

3.59

3.98

<0.001

Ethnicity

    

BME

0.92

0.86

0.99

0.023

White

-

-

-

-

Knew someone with cancer

    

Yes

1.19

1.13

1.25

<0.001

No

-

-

-

-

SIMD

    

Quintile 1 (most deprived)

0.95

0.91

1.00

0.043

Quintiles 2-5

-

-

-

-

  1. Notes: †Incidence Rate Ratio.
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