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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2009 May 26;69(11):4700–4707. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-4747

Table 2.

Partial correlation coefficients, adjusted for age, between HRQoL indices and CircAct parameters at baseline, with significance levels.

HRQoL scale (n = 96) CircAct parameter
I<O r24 meanAct
Global QoL 0.39 ** 0.32 * 0.37 **
Role functioning 0.36 ** 0.31 * 0.40 **
Fatigue − 0.39 ** − 0.36 ** − 0.39 **
Appetite loss − 0.32 * − 0.30 * − 0.32 *
Social functioning 0.35 ** 0.33 ** §
Pain −0.40 ** − 0.30 * §
Dyspnoea − 0.29 * − 0.27 * §
Physical functioning 0.35 ** § 0.35 **
Insomnia − 0.33 ** § §
Emotional functioning § § §
Cognitive functioning § § §
Nausea/Vomiting § § §
Constipation § § §
Diarrhoea § § §
§

r<|0.25| and/or p>0.01

*

p≤0.01

**

p≤0.001

HRQoL = Health-related quality of life

CircAct = Circadian rest/activity rhythm

I<O = dichotomy index

r24 = autocorrelation coefficient at 24 hours

meanAct = average activity