Table 4

Crude associations and independent predictors of three or more prereferral consultations from the ‘full’ model (adjusted for gender, age, haematuria status and investigation status)

	Crude odds ratio	95% UCL	95% LCL	p Value*	Adjusted odds ratio	95% UCL	95% LCL	p Value*
Bladder (n=740)
Men	Reference			<0.001	Reference			<0.001
Women	2.91	1.93	4.39		3.29	2.06	5.25
16–54	1.52	0.75	3.10	0.23	1.20	0.53	2.72	0.34
55–64	0.68	0.34	1.37		0.59	0.29	1.21
65–74	Reference				Reference
75–84	1.32	0.79	2.19		1.18	0.69	2.03
85+	1.42	0.75	2.66		1.27	0.65	2.49
No haematuria	Reference			<0.001	Reference			<0.001
Haematuria	0.28	0.18	0.42		0.29	0.19	0.46
No blood test	Reference			<0.001	Reference			<0.001
Blood test	2.09	1.39	3.13		2.47	1.58	3.86
No ultrasound scan	Reference			<0.001	Reference			0.18
Ultrasound scan	2.59	1.50	4.45		1.55	0.82	2.93
Renal (n=287)
Men	Reference			0.026	Reference			0.031
Women	1.88	1.08	3.27		1.90	1.06	3.42
16–54	1.17	0.49	2.76	0.99	1.05	0.41	2.74	0.99
55–64	1.04	0.49	2.22		0.85	0.39	1.85
65–74	Reference				Reference
75–84	0.95	0.42	2.13		0.95	0.38	2.38
85+	1.23	0.45	3.36		0.97	0.34	2.77
No haematuria	Reference			0.023	Reference			0.25
Haematuria	0.44	0.22	0.89		0.64	0.30	1.37
No blood test	Reference			0.001	Reference			<0.001
Blood test	2.70	1.54	4.75		2.99	1.64	5.46
No ultrasound scan	Reference			0.015	Reference			0.023
Ultrasound scan	2.06	1.15	3.69		2.17	1.11	4.24

*From Wald tests, with joint tests used where applicable.
LCL, lower confidence limit; UCL, upper confidence limit.