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Table 3 Estimated odds ratios for crude participation rates for cancer patients in HUNT surveys: adjusted odds ratios for persons with cancer with varying time since diagnosis compared to persons without cancer diagnosis (reference)*

From: Cancer patients’ participation in population-based health surveys: findings from the HUNT studies

 

Odds ratio*

No cancer (reference)

Cancer

Less than 2 years since cancer diagnosis

2–5 years

since cancer diagnosis

5+ years since

cancer diagnosis

HUNT1

1.0

0.61 {0.47, 0.81}

0.91 {0.67, 1.24}

0.85 {0.69, 1.05}

HUNT2

1.0

0.73 {0.61, 0.88}

0.87 {0.73, 1.03}

0.93 {0.83, 1.03}

HUNT3

1.0

0.94 {0.81, 1.09}

0.95 {0.83, 1.09}

0.97 {0.90, 1.05}

  1. * With overall high participation rates, odd ratios must be interpreted with caution and are not good approximations of relative risks