Table 2

Association between age group and reported healthcare seeking by sex.

	Males (n = 367)		Females (n = 427)

Age, years	OR (95% CI), P-value^a	OR (95% CI), P-value^b	OR (95% CI), P-value^a	OR (95% CI), P-value^b
<40	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

40–49	1.63 (0.88 to 3.02) 0.10	1.53 (0.77 to 3.02) 0.20	1.25 (0.67 to 2.36) 0.50	1.10 (0.55 to 2.19) 0.80

50–59	1.63 (0.87 to 3.04) 0.10	1.32 (0.66 to 2.66) 0.40	1.14 (0.66 to 1.99) 0.60	1.26 (0.69 to 2.29) 0.50

60–69	6.18 (3.06 to 12.45) <0.001	5.59 (2.64 to 11.81) <0.001	1.86 (1.02 to 3.40) 0.045	1.55 (0.80 to 3.03) 0.20

≥70	1.76 (0.80 to 3.87) 0.20	1.50 (0.64 to 3.55) 0.40	3.04 (1.39 to 6.68) 0.006	3.84 (1.63 to 9.04) 0.002

↵a Unadjusted P-value.
↵b P-value adjusted for socioeconomic position, anxiety about symptoms and self-diagnosis. Test for interaction with sex P = 0.027. OR = odds ratio.