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Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2024 Apr 19;32(5):298. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08511-5

Table 4.

Results of logistic regression models with mixed effects examining changes in the proportion of participants with clinically meaningful QOL domain scores by age group over time.

Physical
Function
Social
Function
Role
Function
Emotional
Function
Cognitive
Function
Global
QOL
(Intercept) 1.01 (0.52–1.96) 3.30 (1.71–6.38)*** 0.97 (0.53–1.77) 1.08 (0.55–2.10) 0.36 (0.17–0.75)** 1.19 (0.65–2.20)
Time (vs. 0, baseline) 1.02 (0.93–1.11) 0.90 (0.83–0.98)* 1.03 (0.95–1.11) 0.95 (0.87–1.04) 1.00 (0.92–1.10) 0.97 (0.90–1.05)
Age Group (vs. YA)
  40–49 0.42 (0.19–0.93)* 0.13 (0.06–0.29)*** 0.36 (0.18–0.75)** 0.89 (0.41–1.95) 0.99 (0.41–2.35) 0.50 (0.24–1.03)
  50–64 0.55 (0.27–1.12) 0.10 (0.05–0.21)*** 0.41 (0.22–0.78)** 1.11 (0.55–2.24) 1.09 (0.50–2.38) 0.63 (0.33–1.20)
  65+ 0.83 (0.41–1.68) 0.07 (0.04–0.15)*** 0.32 (0.17–0.61)*** 0.54 (0.27–1.10) 0.72 (0.33–1.56) 0.71 (0.38–1.36)
Time x Age Group
  Time x 40–49 1.00 (0.90–1.10) 1.09 (0.99–1.21) 0.96 (0.87–1.06) 1.05 (0.94–1.16) 1.07 (0.96–1.20) 0.99 (0.90–1.10)
  Time x 50–64 0.99 (0.91–1.09) 1.09 (0.99–1.19) 0.96 (0.88–1.04) 0.98 (0.90–1.08) 1.01 (0.92–1.12) 0.98 (0.90–1.07)
  Time x 65+ 0.98 (0.89–1.07) 1.07 (0.98–1.18) 0.95 (0.87–1.04) 1.00 (0.91–1.1.00) 0.97 (0.88–1.07) 0.97 (0.89–1.05)

N (ID) 1586 1588 1586 1587 1588 1589
AIC 4746.33 4016.57 4246.76 4683.51 4128.66 4799.69
R2 (fixed) 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01
R2 (total) 0.50 0.45 0.41 0.50 0.55 0.42

Note: Each column reflects a separate logistic regression model with mixed-effects. YA, young adult aged 18–39; QOL, quality of life.

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001.