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. 2023 Jul 30;15(15):3885. doi: 10.3390/cancers15153885

Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression model evaluating independent factors for the SF-12 subscale scores.

GH PF RP RE BP MH VT SF MCS PCS
Independent Variable β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p * β(SE) p *
Age at time of survey (years) −1.1 (0.3) <0.001 0.2 (0.09) 0.01 −0.3 (0.08) 0.002
Time since diagnosis (years) 2.7 (1.1) 0.01
Sex 0.04
 Men 12.4 (6.1)
 Women Ref
Education level 0.01
 University or higher 14.1 (5.4)
 Primary or Secondary Ref
Relapse post-treatment 0.01
 Yes −28.3 (11.1)
 No
Lymphoma Ann Arbor stage 0.006
 III–IV 25.3 (8.9)
 I–II Ref
Anxiety 0.02 0.01 <0.0001 0.001
 ≥11 −14.3 (6.3) −18.7 (7.5) −27.1 (6.1) −12.1 (3.4)
 <11 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Depression <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.02 0.001
 ≥11 −37.2 (13.8) −48.8 (11.2) −36.6 (11.1) −32.1 (13.8) −16.3 (4.9)
 <11 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Social support satisfaction <0.001 0.001 0.04 0.01
 ≥30 23.8 (5.6) 17.3 (5.1) 15.7 (7.8) 7.1 (2.8)
 <30 Ref Ref Ref Ref
EPICES deprivation score 0.01 0.01 0.04
 ≥30 −12.8 (5.2) −21.4 (8.5) −5.1 (2.5)
 <30 Ref Ref Ref

PF: physical functioning; RP: role limitations/physical health; RE role limitations/emotional problems; VT: vitality; MH: Mental Health; SF: social functioning; BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; MCS: Mental Component Scale; PCS: Physical Component Scale. Variables included in the multivariable model for each scale of SF-12: GH: age at time of survey, anxiety, EPICES deprivation score; PF: age at time of survey; RP: depression; RE: age at time of survey, time since diagnosis, education level, lymphoma Ann Arbor stage, anxiety, depression, BMI at time of survey, social support satisfaction; BP: time since diagnosis, marital status, lymphoma Ann Arbor stage, relapse post-treatment, EPICES deprivation score; MH: time since diagnosis, lymphoma Ann Arbor stage, anxiety, social support satisfaction; VT: sex, depression, relapse post-treatment, EPICES deprivation score; SF: anxiety, depression, social support satisfaction; MCS: age at time of survey, anxiety, depression, social support satisfaction; PCS: age at time of survey, lymphoma Ann Arbor stage, EPICES deprivation score. * p-value significant at <0.05; SE: Standard error.