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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2011 Sep 9;152(11):2616–2624. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.08.006

Table 2.

Relative Risk Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Predictors of Pain in Childhood Cancer Survivors by Pain Condition

a

Pain or abnormal sensation Migraine Other frequent headaches



HR 95 % CI p-value HR 95 % CI p-value HR 95 % CI p-value
Sex
Male 1.0 1.0 1.0
Female 0.94 (0.84– 1.04) 0.23 1.48 (1.33– 1.64) <0.001 1.40 (1.26– 1.54) <0.001
Ethnicity
Caucasian 1.0 1.0 1.0
Hispanic 1.74 (1.27– 2.39) 0.001 1.35 (0.97– 1.86) 0.08 1.44 (1.06– 1.96) 0.02
African American 1.91 (1.58– 2.30) <0.001 1.85 (1.54– 2.22) <0.001 1.68 (1.40– 2.02) <0.001
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.44 (0.85– 2.46) 0.18 1.18 (0.66– 2.09) 0.58 1.3 (0.75– 2.26) 0.35
Asian or Pacific Islander 0.41 (0.16– 1.11) 0.08 0.97 (0.52– 1.81) 0.92 0.88 (0.45– 1.69) 0.69
Other 0.97 (0.79– 1.17) 0.73 0.99 (0.83– 1.19) 0.94 1.05 (0.88– 1.25) 0.61
Annual Household Income($)
<=19,999 1.17 (0.99– 1.38) 0.08 1.04 (0.89– 1.22) 0.59 1.08 (0.92– 1.26) 0.34
20,000–59,999 1.07 (0.93– 1.23) 0.34 0.99 (0.87– 1.13) 0.91 1.0 (0.88– 1.14) 0.95
>=60,000 1.0 1.0 1.0
Marital Status
Single(never married) 1.0 1.0 1.0
Married/Living as married 0.65 (0 57– 0.73) <0.001 0.74 (0.66– 0.83) <0.001 0.72 (0.64– 0.80) <0.001
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 0.66 (0.54– 0.80) <0.001 0.74 (0.61– 0.88) 0.001 0.74 (0.61– 0.88) 0.001
Highest Level of Schooling
Did not complete high school 1.0 1.0 1.0
high school grad 0.73 (0.61– 0.87) <0.001 0.75 (0.64– 0.89) 0.001 0.76 (0.65– 0.90) 0.001
high school + some college 0.68 (0.57– 0.80) <0.001 0.7 (0.59– 0.82) <0.001 0.68 (0.58– 0.80) <0.001
College grad and post grad 0.32 (0.26– 0.39) <0.001 0.38 (0.31– 0.45) <0.001 0.33 (0.27– 0.40) <0.001
Work Status
Never worked 1.0 1.0 1.0
worked last 12 months 0.7 (0.55– 0.89) 0.004 0.82 (0.65– 1.05) 0.12 0.76 (0.60– 0.96) 0.02
Worked, but not in last 12 months 0.95 (0.73– 1.24) 0.72 0.99 (0.76– 1.29) 0.94 0.86 (0.67– 1.11) 0.25
Age at Diagnosis(yrs)
0–3 1.0 1.0 1.0
4–10 0.66 (0.56– 0.77) <0.001 0.7 (0.60– 0.82) <0.001 0.70 (0.60– 0.81) <0.001
11–14 0.33 (0.27– 0.40) <0.001 0.34 (0.28– 0.41) <0.001 0.35 (0.29– 0.42) <0.001
15–20 0.19 (0.15– 0.24) <0.001 0.19 (0.15– 0.24) <0.001 0.20 (0.16– 0.25) <0.001
Primary Diagnosis
Leukemia 1.0 1.0 1.0
CNS tumors 0.70 (0.57– 0.85) <0.001 0.74 (0.61– 0.90) 0.003 0.88 (0.73– 1.06) 0.18
Hodgkin Lymphoma 0.79 (0.66– 0.94) 0.01 1.06 (0.90– 1.25) 0.48 0.88 (0.75– 1.04) 0.14
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1.08 (0.89– 1.32) 0.44 1.31 (1.09– 1.59) 0.01 1.15 (0.95– 1.39) 0.14
Wilms tumor 1.22 (0.98– 1.50) 0.07 1.34 (1.10– 1.62) 0.003 1.22 (1.01– 1.48) 0.04
Neuroblastoma 1.29 (0.98– 1.68) 0.07 1.32 (1.03– 1.69) 0.03 1.07 (0.83– 1.37) 0.61
Soft tissue sarcoma 0.87 (0.72– 1.06) 0.18 0.94 (0.78– 1.14) 0.54 0.82 (0.68– 0.99) 0.04
Bone cancer 1.03 (0.84– 1.25) 0.79 1.01 (0.83– 1.23) 0.89 0.94 (0.77– 1.14) 0.51
b Cranial Radiation substituted for Diagnosis in above model

Pain or abnormal sensation Migraine Other frequent headaches



RR 95 % CI p-value RR 95 % CI p-value RR 95 % CI p-value
Cranial Radiation(Gy)b
No Radiation 1.0 1.0 1.0
1.5–50 0.78 (0.59– 1.04) 0.09 0.70 (0.55– 0.89) 0.004 0.79 (0.64– 0.99) 0.04
50–110 0.76 (0.47– 1.22) 0.26 0.81 (0.52– 1.27) 0.35 0.65 (0.41– 1.03) 0.07
Scatter c 1.15 (0.91– 1.45) 0.24 1.25 (1.03– 1.52) 0.02 0.86 (0.71– 1.05) 0.14

Note:

b

Adjusted for same covariates as Diagnosis Model in Table 2A with the exception of Primary Diagnosis

c

Scatter i.e. indirect exposure to brain due to scatter from non-cranial radiation treatment