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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2003 Dec 1;21(23):4395–4401. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.089

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Model for Prediction of Mood Disturbance

Raw Proportion
Treatment Variable No. of Patients % Model Risk (%) Model Relative Odds 95% CI P
Age at diagnosis, years
 Older than 12.5 35/223 15.7 18.3 1.0
 Younger than 12.5 98/332 29.5 45.2 3.7 2.0 to 6.6 < .001
Treatment
 No-low 32/131 24.1 36.3 1.0
 High MTX 38/187 20.3 19.6 0.4 0.2 to 1.2 .11
 High CRT 51/179 28.5 20.1 0.4 0.2 to 1.2 .10
 High both 12/58 20.7 49.4 1.7 0.4 to 6.8 .45
Treatment X, highest education
 Some college
  No-low 22/73 30.1 28.9 1.0
  High MTX 21/105 20.0 20.7 0.6 0.3 to 1.4 .26
  High CRT 14/70 20.0 13.2 0.4 0.2 to 0.9 .02
  High both 6/28 21.4 21.1 0.7 0.2 to 2.0 .46
 High school graduate
  No-low 7/50 14.0 18.4 1.0
  High MTX 15/68 22.0 37.3 2.6 0.9 to 7.9 .09
  High CRT 34/98 34.7 35.7 2.5 0.9 to 6.5 .07
  High both 5/28 17.9 29.2 1.8 0.5 to 7.2 .39
 Dropout
  No-low 3/8 37.5 67.0 1.0
  High MTX 2/14 14.3 8.5 0.1 0.0 to 0.8 .03
  High CRT 3/11 27.3 15.7 0.1 0.0 to 1.3 .07
  High both 1/2 50.0 89.3 4.1 0.1 to 171 .47
Demographics
 Highest education
  Some college 63/276 22.8 20.4 1.0
  High school graduate 61/244 25.0 29.5 1.63 0.6 to 4.8 .37
  Dropout 9/35 25.7 42.4 2.87 0.6 to 13.1 .17
 Ethnicity
  White 110/448 24.6 24.8 1.00
  Minority 23/67 34.3 35.8 1.7 0.1 to 3.2 .01
 Sex X, ethnicity
  White
   Male 45/244 18.4 15.9 1.00
   Female 65/244 26.6 36.7 3.1 1.4 to 6.8 .006
  Nonwhite
   Male 13/34 38.2 41.6 3.8 1.6 to 9.2 .004
   Female 10/33 30.3 30.3 2.3 0.7 to 7.2 .15
 Sex X, special education
  Male
   No special education 51/253 20.2 26.3 1.00
   Yes special education 7/25 28.0 27.4 1.1 0.3 to 4.1 .94
  Female
   No special education 61/253 24.1 17.0 1.00
   Yes special education 14/24 58.3 55.2 6.0 1.8 to 20.0 .003
 Special education X, highest education
  Some college
   No special education 61/266 22.9 35.8 1.0
   Yes special education 2/10 20.0 10.5 0.2 0.0 to 1.4 .11
  High school graduate
   No special education 48/216 22.2 25.1 1.00
   Yes special education 13/28 46.4 34.4 1.6 0.6 to 4.0 .35
  Dropout
   No special education 3/24 12.5 9.6 1.00
   Yes special education 6/11 54.5 83.6 48.2 5.1 to 457 < .001
Perceptions
 Has cancer limited your ability to work?
  No 96/466 20.6 19.2 1.0
  Yes 37/89 40.4 43.6 3.3 1.8 to 5.8 < .001
 Self-reported health
  Excellent 38/226 16.8 17.7 1.00
  Good 72/284 25.4 26.4 1.71 0 to 2.7 .04
  Poor 23/45 51.1 50.6 4.7 2.2 to 10.5 < .001

NOTE. Model retains nonsignificant covariates: age at interview, relapse (yes or no), and mother’s highest level of education.

Abbreviations: MTX, methotrexate; CRT, CNS irradiation.