Table 4

Linear regression models of the ability of Townsend deprivation score to predict age at diagnosis of cancer before and after adjustment for, stage and grade at diagnosis (1998–2000 cohort)

	Unadjusted						Adjusted for stage and grade at diagnosis of cancer
	β	95% CI*	t Test	p Value	Adjusted r²	Change in age (y)/TDS IQR†	β	95% CI*	t Test	p Value	Adjusted r²	Change in age (y)/TDS IQR†
*95% Confidence intervals (bias corrected) of β derived from bootstrapping with 1000 repetitions; †change in age at diagnosis of cancer across the interquartile range in Townsend deprivation score from lower (most affluent) quartile to upper (most deprived quartile).
Breast cancer	0.227	0.159 to 0306	6.069	<0.0001	0.005	1.09	0.205	0.127 to 0.285	5.533	<0.0001	0.021	0.99
Colorectal cancer,women	0.009	−0.074 to 0.096	0.151	0.880	<0.0001	0.05	0.012	−0.073 to 0.088	0.226	0.821	<0.0001	0.06
Colorectal cancer,men	−0.056	−0.119 to 0.012	−1.617	0.106	<0.0001	−0.28	−0.055	−0.128 to 0.011	−1.572	0.116	<0.0001	0.28