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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2011 Apr 17;20(10):1629–1637. doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-9907-6

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of summary scores and individual component scores

Overall population By histological subtype
By treatment

Seminoma
Non-seminoma
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Cases *OR (95%CI) Cases *OR(95%CI) Cases *OR(95%CI) Cases *OR (95%CI) Cases *OR (95%CI)
PCS 232 241 1.02 (0.86, 1.21) 110 0.88 (0.70, 1.11) 131 1.10 (0.90, 1.35) 99 0.85 (0.66, 1.10) 71 1.42 (1.08, 1.86)
MCS 232 241 1.08 (0.92, 1.27) 110 1.14 (0.93, 1.42) 131 1.06 (0.87, 1.29) 99 1.14 (0.91, 1.44) 71 1.21 (0.93, 1.58)
Physical functioning 237 243 1.03 (0.88, 1.20) 112 0.98 (0.80, 1.20) 131 1.06 (0.89, 1.28) 100 0.98 (0.79, 1.23) 72 1.41 (1.10, 1.81)
Role-physical 239 244 1.19 (1.01, 1.39) 112 1.14 (0.94, 1.39) 132 1.21 (1.00, 1.46) 101 1.12 (0.90, 1.39) 72 1.36 (1.08, 1.71)
Bodily pain 239 245 0.89 (0.70, 1.13) 113 0.82 (0.59, 1.13) 132 0.92 (0.69, 1.22) 101 0.78 (0.54, 1.11) 73 1.20 (0.82, 1.76)
General health 237 246 1.26 (1.07, 1.49) 113 1.09 (0.88, 1.36) 133 1.38 (1.12, 1.69) 101 1.11 (0.88, 1.41) 74 1.59 (1.20, 2.09)
Vitality 235 246 1.07 (0.89, 1.29) 113 1.10 (0.86, 1.41) 133 1.08 (0.86, 1.36) 101 1.04 (0.79, 1.36) 74 1.32 (0.97, 1.80)
Social functioning 237 245 1.48 (0.97, 2.25) 113 1.57 (0.91, 2.70) 132 1.56 (0.95, 2.58) 100 1.52 (0.84, 2.75) 73 2.25 (1.20, 4.22)
Role-emotional 238 243 1.38 (0.85–2.22) 111 1.50 (0.83–3.00) 132 1.36 (0.76–2.44) 100 1.41 (0.73–2.70) 72 1.41 (0.68–2.92)
Mental health 237 246 1.02 (0.86, 1.20) 102 1.04 (0.83, 1.30) 133 0.99 (0.81, 1.22) 101 1.06 (0.84, 1.35) 74 1.16 (0.88, 1.53)
*

Adjusted for age (continuous), race (white, other) BMI (<25, 25–30, >30), income (<$50,000, $50,000–$70,000, [$70,000), years since treatment/reference (continuous), and smoking (never, former, current)