TABLE A6.
SES Variable | Premenopausal | Postmenopausal | Chemotherapy | Endocrine Therapy | ||||
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Year 1 MLS (95% CI) | Year 2 MLS (95% CI) | Year 1 MLS (95% CI) | Year 2 MLS (95% CI) | Year 1 MLS (95% CI) | Year 2 MLS (95% CI) | Year 1 MLS (95% CI) | Year 2 MLS (95% CI) | |
Financial difficulties | ||||||||
Low | –2.5 (–3.1 to –1.9) | –3.3 (–3.9 to –2.8) | –2.6 (–3.3 to –1.9) | –3.4 (–4.1 to –2.8) | –3 (–3.8 to –2.2) | –2.7 (–3.5 to –2) | –2.5 (–3.1 to –1.9) | –3.3 (–3.9 to –2.8) |
Medium | –3.6 (–4.7 to –2.4) | –3.7 (–4.8 to –2.6) | –4.1 (–5.6 to –2.6) | –4.5 (–5.9 to –3.1) | –4.7 (–6.1 to –3.3) | –3.5 (–4.8 to –2.2) | –3.6 (–4.7 to –2.4) | –3.7 (–4.8 to –2.6) |
High | –5.2 (–7.1 to –3.4) | –5.7 (–7.4 to –4) | –4.6 (–7.1 to –2.2) | –5.6 (–7.9 to –3.3) | –6.1 (–8.4 to –3.8) | –5.5 (–7.6 to –3.4) | –5.2 (–7.1 to –3.4) | –5.7 (–7.4 to –4) |
Income | ||||||||
High | –2.1 (–3.6 to –0.7) | –1.7 (–3 to –0.3) | –2.4 (–3.4 to –1.4) | –3 (–3.9 to –2.1) | –2.9 (–4.1 to –1.8) | –2.2 (–3.2 to –1.1) | –2.4 (–3.2 to –1.5) | –3 (–3.8 to –2.2) |
Medium | –2.7 (–4 to –1.3) | –2.4 (–3.7 to –1.1) | –3 (–4.1 to –1.9) | –3.8 (–4.9 to –2.7) | –3.4 (–4.6 to –2.2) | –3.3 (–4.4 to –2.2) | –2.9 (–3.9 to –2) | –3.7 (–4.6 to –2.8) |
Low | –3.6 (–5 to –2.3) | –3.2 (–4.6 to –1.9) | –4 (–5.4 to –2.6) | –4.8 (–6.1 to –3.5) | –4.8 (–6.1 to –3.5) | –4.1 (–5.3 to –2.9) | –3.8 (–4.8 to –2.7) | –4.2 (–5.2 to –3.2) |
Educational level | ||||||||
High | –1.6 (–2.8 to –0.3) | –1.2 (–2.4 to –0.1) | –2.5 (–3.8 to –1.3) | –3.3 (–4.6 to –2.1) | –2.5 (–3.7 to –1.3) | –1.9 (–3.1 to –0.8) | –1.9 (–2.8 to –0.9) | –2.6 (–3.6 to –1.7) |
Medium | –3 (–4.1 to –1.8) | –2.1 (–3.2 to –1) | –2.8 (–3.9 to –1.8) | –4 (–5 to –3) | –3.3 (–4.5 to –2.2) | –2.6 (–3.7 to –1.6) | –3 (–3.8 to –2.1) | –3.5 (–4.4 to –2.7) |
Low | –4.8 (–6.4 to –3.1) | –5.1 (–6.7 to –3.5) | –3.5 (–4.5 to –2.6) | –4.1 (–5 to –3.2) | –5.2 (–6.5 to –4) | –5.1 (–6.2 to –3.9) | –4 (–4.9 to –3) | –4.7 (–5.6 to –3.8) |
NOTE. Income refers to tertiles of household income per consumption unit. Financial difficulties defined according to how monthly household resources allowed participants to live: high (with difficulty), medium (adequately but on the limit), or low (financially comfortable). Educational level: high (high school and three or more years of higher education), medium (secondary school ± 2 years of professional training), and low (no education or primary education).
Abbreviations: MLS, mean least square differences; QLQ-C30, QoL Core 30 questionnaire; SES, socioeconomic status.