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. 2023 May 13;129(2):283–290. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02290-2

Table 4.

Daytime sleepiness, colon cancer recurrence, and mortality.

Daily activities affected by daytime sleepiness
Almost every day 1 Day/week Rarely Never *Plinear
Disease-free survival
 # Event/at risk 18/79 32/209 92/578 49/299
 Age- and caffeine intake-adjusted only, HR (95% CI) 1.42 (0.83–2.45) 0.96 (0.62–1.50) 0.94 (0.66–1.33) Ref 0.19
 Multivariable-adjusted, HR (95% CI)a 1.59 (0.92–2.76) 1.09 (0.69–1.70) 0.99 (0.70–1.40) Ref 0.09
 Multivariable-adjusted, HR (95% CI)b 1.39 (0.79–2.46) 1.11 (0.70–1.75) 1.01 (0.71–1.43) Ref 0.23
Overall survival
 # Event/at risk 10/79 22/209 38/578 23/299
 Age- and caffeine intake-adjusted only, HR (95% CI) 1.75 (0.83–3.68) 1.65 (0.92–2.97) 0.84 (0.50–1.41) Ref 0.08
 Multivariable-adjusted, HR (95% CI)a 1.84 (0.86–3.92) 1.91 (1.05–3.46) 0.85 (0.51–1.44) Ref 0.06
 Multivariable-adjusted, HR (95% CI)b 1.52 (0.70–3.30) 1.93 (1.05–3.55) 0.87 (0.51–1.47) Ref 0.19

*P value for linear trend was tested by assigning each subject the median value of the category and modelled as a continuous variable.

aMultivariable-adjusted model adjusted for age, caffeine intake, sex, T-stage, N-stage, ECOG performance status, and alcohol consumption.

bMultivariable-adjusted model adjusted for age, caffeine intake, sex, T-stage, N-stage, ECOG performance status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, BMI, smoking status, any neuropathy or grade 3+ toxicities during follow-up, and relative dose intensities of fluorouracil and oxaliplatin.