Table 3. OR for GP contact with a symptom, stratified with respect to age groups

	Age groups, years
	All			20–39		40–59		60–79		≥80
	OR crude	AOR^a	95% CI	AOR^b	95% CI	AOR^b	95% CI	AOR^b	95% CI	AOR^b	95% CI
Influence on daily activities
None at all, reference	1	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Slight	1.53	1.49	1.42 to 1.57	1.77	1.59 to 1.97	1.48	1.37 to 1.61	1.39	1.28 to 1.50	1.74	1.40 to 2.16
Moderate	2.86	2.65	2.51 to 2.79	3.05	2.73 to 3.41	2.85	2.61 to 3.11	2.38	2.19 to 2.59	2.17	1.70 to 2.77
Quite a bit	4.89	4.35	4.12 to 4.60	5.18	4.60 to 5.82	4.52	4.12 to 4.97	3.97	3.61 to 4.35	3.50	2.71 to 4.52
Extreme	9.33	7.62	7.12 to 8.15	9.57	8.35 to 10.98	7.93	7.09 to 8.86	6.51	5.79 to7.30	6.11	4.56 to 8.20
Symptom concern
None at all, reference	1	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Slight	2.31	2.12	2.03 to 2.22	2.52	2.29 to 2.77	2.36	2.18 to 2.55	1.75	1.62 to 1.88	1.36	1.10 to 1.70
Moderate	4.40	3.82	3.63 to 4.02	4.62	4.16 to 5.13	4.48	4.11 to 4.88	3.04	2.79 to 3.31	1.89	1.48 to 2.40
Quite a bit	7.59	6.40	6.04 to 6.79	7.78	6.90 to 8.77	7.50	6.80 to 8.27	4.98	4.52 to 5.48	3.10	2.33 to 4.11
Extreme	13.53	10.74	9.94 to 11.61	13.17	11.23 to 15.45	12.03	10.59 to 13.67	8.76	7.70 to 9.97	5.00	3.50 to 7.15
Symptom burden (total number of symptoms experienced)
1–2, reference	1	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
3–5	1.13	1.08	1.02 to 1.15	0.86	0.73 to 1.02	0.85	0.77 to 0.94	0.96	0.88 to 1.05	1.01	0.73 to 1.39
6–10	1.34	1.22	1.15 to 1.29	0.91	0.77 to 1.07	0.77	0.69 to 0.85	0.96	0.97 to 1.06	1.10	0.79 to 1.51
11–15	1.69	1.38	1.28 to 1.48	0.88	0.74 to 1.06	0.78	0.69 to 0.88	0.92	0.81 to 1.04	1.20	0.80 to 1.79
≥16	2.36	1.76	1.60 to 1.95	0.95	0.77 to 1.18	0.90	0.76 to 1.07	1.02	0.83 to 1.25	1.24	0.73 to 2.10

↵ ^aAdjusted for general concern, symptom burden, age, and sex. ^bAdjusted for general concern, symptom burden and sex.