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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Sep 15;116(18):4360–4367. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25385

Table 4.

Associations between subject characteristics and patient-reported outcomes and a) development of AIMSS and b) early treatment discontinuation due to musculoskeletal symptoms.

Development of
AIMSS
Early Treatment
Discontinuation

Baseline Characteristic Odds ratio (95%
CI)

P
value
Odds ratio
(95% CI)

P
value

Age (<55 vs ≥55) 0.18 (0.01–3.1) 0.24 0.23 (0.01–4.2) 0.32
BMI (<25, 25–30, >30) 0.43 (0.11–1.7) 0.22 0.16 (0.03–0.84) 0.03
Prior tamoxifen (no, yes) 0.21 (0.02–3.1) 0.26 0.05 (0.002–1.0) 0.05
Prior chemotherapy (no, yes) 0.26 (0.04–1.9) 0.19 0.19 (0.02–1.74) 0.14
HAQ score 0.59 (0.31–1.1) 0.11 0.73 (0.38–1.43) 0.36
VAS score 1.26 (0.77–2.1) 0.36 0.90 (0.52–1.55) 0.70
DASH score 1.04 (0.92–1.2) 0.52 1.09 (0.96–1.25) 0.17
Change in Measurement
(baseline and 3 mo)

HAQ 1.15 (0.57–2.3) 0.70 1.39 (0.68–2.88) 0.37
VAS 1.56 (0.42–5.8) 0.51 1.43 (0.46–4.48) 0.54
DASH 1.05 (0.91–1.2) 0.52 1.09 (0.93–1.29) 0.28
Change in Measurement
(baseline and 12 mo)

HAQ 2.76 (0.3–26.6) 0.38 6.02 (0.4–83.8) 0.18
VAS 2.11 (1.1–4.2) 0.03 2.12 (1.1–4.1) 0.02