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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 3.

Odds Ratios for Using Pain Medication among Childhood Cancer Survivors

a

Covariates Odds Ratio 95 % CI p-value
Sex
Male 1.0
Female 1.77 (1.56– 2.00) <0.001
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 1.0
Hispanic 1.12 (0.75– 1.67) 0.59
African American 0.84 (0.61– 1.14) 0.26
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.21 (0.58– 2.52) 0.61
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.65 (0.30– 1.37) 0.25
Other 1.02 (0.82– 1.27) 0.85
Age at baseline(yrs)
18–29 1.0
30–39 0.90 (0.76– 1.07) 0.22
>=39 1.0 (0.70– 1.43) 0.99
Annual household income($)
<=19,999 1.38 (1.15– 1.66) <0.001
20,000–59,999 1.16 (0.99– 1.35) 0.06
>=60,000 1.0
Marital Status
Single (never married) 1.0
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 1.32 (1.05– 1.65) 0.02
Living as Married 1.25 (1.00– 1.57) 0.05
Married 1.09 (0.93– 1.27) 0.28
Education
Did not complete high school 1.0
high school grad 0.80 (0.65– 0.99) 0.04
high school + some college 0.79 (0.64– 0.96) 0.02
College grad and post grad 0.57 (0.46– 0.72) <0.001
Work Status
Never worked 1.0
Worked, but not in past 12months 1.55 (1.13– 2.13) 0.01
Worked in past 12months 0.94 (0.70– 1.27) 0.68
Age at Diagnosis(yrs)
0–3 1.0
4–10 1.04 (0.86– 1.26) 0.67
11–14 1.22 (0.97– 1.53) 0.08
15–20 1.31 (1.02– 1.68) 0.03
Primary Diagnosis
Leukemia 1.0
Bone Cancer 1.29 (1.04– 1.60) 0.02
CNS tumor 0.89 (0.71– 1.10) 0.29
Hodgkin lymphoma 0.91 (0.74– 1.11) 0.35
Wilms tumor 1.03 (0.79– 1.34) 0.82
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 0.91 (0.72– 1.17) 0.47
Neuroblastoma 1.33 (0.97– 1.82) 0.08
Soft Tissue sarcoma 1.32 (1.07– 1.64) 0.01
b Cranial Radiation substituted for Diagnosis in above model

Covariates Odds Ratio 95 % CI p-value
Cranial Radiation(Gy)
No radiation 1.0
1.5–<50 1.0 (0.84– 1.19) 0.99
50–110 0.93 (0.70– 1.23) 0.60
Scatter 0.93 (0.80– 1.10) 0.40