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. 2010 Sep 12;19(10):1581–1591. doi: 10.1007/s00520-010-0986-7

Table 3.

Correlation between physical functioning, mental health, vitality, social function, and selected variables

N = 44
Physical function subscale (9 months+) Physical functioning total composite (9 months+) Mental health score (9 months+) Mental health total composite (9 months+) Vitality (9 months+) Social function (9 months+)
Baseline variables
 Married −0.032 −0.053 −0.141 −0.103 −0.025 −0.072
 Age
 Actual value −0.259* 0.077 0.101 0.106 0.221 0.243
 Age 45 and below 0.276* −0.101 −0.208 −0.147 −0.284* −0.280
 Children
 Number of children −0.360** −0.159 0.060 −0.111 0.016 −0.145
 Has any child −0.341** 0.096 0.155 0.073 0.098 0.151
 Reached menopause −0.291* −0.005 0.090 0.047 0.162 0.240
 Tumor size −0.095 −0.235 −0.095 −0.170 −0.219 −0.118
 Number of positive nodes −0.199 −0.146 −0.038 −0.002 −0.071 0.019
 ER positive −0.032 −0.012 −0.169 −0.134 −0.163 −0.232
 Her2Neu positive 0.109 0.113 −0.044 0.061 0.047 −0.057
Biological variables (9 months and after, and change)
 BMI
 Actual value, 9 months and after −0.369** −0.240 0.101 −0.183 −0.131 −0.108
 BMI > =25, 9 months and after −0.296* −0.180 0.112 −0.169 −0.117 −0.138
 Limb volume increased 100 cc or more, baseline ~9+ month −0.111 −0.032 0.220 −0.045 0.129 0.104
 Hemoglobin
 Actual value, 9 months and after 0.170 0.196 −0.044 0.115 0.131 0.035
 Change in hemoglobin, baseline ~9+ months 0.092 0.301** 0.304** 0.267* 0.310** 0.163
 Glucose
 Actual value, 9 months and after −0.273* −0.029 0.067 −0.037 −0.003 0.183
 Equal or greater than 110, 9 months and after −0.221 0.032 0.215 0.108 0.140 0.225
 Change in glucose, baseline ~9+ months −0.215 −0.124 −0.086 −0.130 −0.035 −0.053
 White blood cell
 Actual value, 9 months and after −0.153 −0.189 −0.177 −0.245 −0.269* −0.259
 Change in white blood cell, baseline ~9+ months −0.100 −0.085 0.057 −0.003 −0.097 −0.014
Functioning variables (12 months and after)
 Vigorous activity
 Time vigorous activity weekday 0.146 0.240 −0.035 0.210 0.277* −0.085
 Time vigorous activity weekend −0.022 0.182 0.126 0.226 0.274* 0.152
 Average time on vigorous activity (per day) 0.092 0.250 0.048 0.260* 0.303** 0.141
 Sleeping
 Time sleeping weekday −0.301** −0.406*** −0.277* −0.317** −0.444*** −0.220
 Time sleeping weekend −0.183 −0.318** −0.245 −0.238 −0.316** −0.246
 Average time sleeping (per day) −0.270* −0.397*** −0.256* −0.294* −0.395*** −0.238

*p ≥ 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; ****p < 0.001