Table 5.

Relationship of Quality-of-Life Measures With Late Effects in 544 Survivors

Variable	No. of Prior/Contemporaneous Late Effects								P
	0 (n = 182)		1 (n = 152)		2 (n = 107)		3+ (n = 103)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Karnofsky score									< .001*
Mean	88.4		85.8		87.4		80.9
SD	12.4		12.9		12.0		13.6
Work limitations									.003†
No limits	70	41	49	34	33	34	23	23
Limited a little	59	34	58	40	40	41	38	38
Limited a lot	25	15	20	14	15	15	18	18
Limited completely	18	10	19	13	10	10	20	20
Current work status									.03‡
Full-time work/student	69	39	48	32	25	23	22	21
Part-time work/student	23	13	25	17	14	13	12	12
Work at home	19	11	11	7	14	13	7	7
Retired	48	27	53	35	44	41	46	45
Other	20	11	14	9	10	9	16	16
PCS-12									< .001†
> 50	83	47	48	34	36	37	22	23
40-50	31	18	39	28	21	21	19	20
< 40	61	35	53	38	41	42	54	57
MCS-12									.24†
> 50	129	74	115	82	80	82	62	65
40-50	26	15	18	13	10	10	15	16
< 40	20	11	7	5	8	8	18	19

Abbreviations: MCS, mental component score; PCS, physical component score; SD, standard deviation.

^*Ptrend from linear regression model.

^†Ptrend from proportional odds (logistic regression) model.

^‡χ² test.