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Table 5 Factors associated with request for urgent review compared with adjusted odds ratios for lung cancer risk factors in validated risk prediction models

From: Does this lung nodule need urgent review? A discrete choice experiment of Australian general practitioners

 

Current study

Parsimonious PanCan model [8]

Mayo model [12]

Veterans Administration model [13]

Patient age (per increasing ten year increment)

0.78

Not included

2.72

2.20

Patient gender, female vs male

Not significant

1.91

Not included

Not included

Smoking history

2.90 for current smokers

Not included

2.21 for current smokers

7.90 for current or ex-smokers

Nodule spiculation

5.57

2.54

2.83

Not included

Nodule diameter

1.35 per increasing size increment

Non-linear relationship with cancer risk

1.14 per mm increase in size

1.10 per mm increase in size

Upper lobe location

Not significant

1.82

2.19

Not included