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. 2007 Feb 20;96(6):868–874. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603626

Table 4. Univariate analysis association with clinically significant emotional distress, anxiety and depression with demographic and clinical variables (n=3071). Numbers shown are percentages (n) except when specified.

Variable Anxiety (score ⩾9) % (n) Depression (score ⩾8) % (n) Distress (total score ⩾15) % (n) Odds ratio for distress (95% CI) P-value
Age (categorical)         0.0007
 <65 28 (493) 15 (273) 24 (432) 1.00  
 ⩾65 17 (211) 16 (209) 19 (242) 0.74 (0.62–0.88)  
Gender         <0.0001
 Male 16 (168) 12 (124) 17 (177) 1.00  
 Female 27 (536) 18 (358) 25 (497) 1.60 (1.32–1.94)  
           
Cancer type         <0.0001
 Breast 26 (283) 18 (192) 23 (252) 1.22 (0.93–1.6)  
 Bowel 16 (71) 14 (62) 20 (91) 1.00  
 Prostate 14 (49) 13 (46) 15 (53) 0.70 (0.48–1.01)  
 Ovarian 30 (92) 18 (54) 27 (83) 1.51 (1.07–2.12)  
 Other gynaecological 27 (85) 15 (47) 23 (72) 1.21 (0.85–1.71)  
 Testicular 18 (45) 7 (18) 16 (39) 0.76 (0.50–1.14)  
 Other 26 (79) 21 (63) 28 (84) 1.53 (1.09–2.15)  
           
Extent of disease         <0.0001
 Disease free 21 (443) 13 (264) 19 (395) 1.00  
 Active disease 26 (260) 22 (217) 28 (278) 1.63 (1.36–1.94)  
           
Treatment         0.0716
 No anti-cancer treatment 22 (366) 14 (230) 21 (346) 1.00  
 Hormone 27 (138) 19 (99) 25 (130) 1.30 (1.03–1.63)  
 Chemo and/or radiotherapy 23 (200) 18 (153) 23 (198) 1.14 (0.94–1.39)