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. 2012 Jun 21;107(2):234–242. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.250

Table 4. Determinants of health behaviour clusters in survivors only (adjusted multinomial logistic regression model).

  Cluster D1 ‘risk-avoiding’ ( n =352) Cluster D2 ‘moderate drinking’ ( n =327) Cluster D3 ‘risk-taking’ ( n =114) Cluster D4 ‘smoking’ ( n =42)  
  Reference OR a 95% CI OR a 95% CI OR a 95% CI P -value b
Gender
 Male 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00   <0.001
 Female   0.33 (0.23–0.47) 0.17 (0.10–0.28) 0.33 (0.16–0.67)  
                 
Diagnosis
 Leukaemia 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00   0.122
 Lymphoma   0.74 (0.46–1.19) 1.13 (0.61–2.09) 0.91 (0.33–2.51)  
 CNS tumour   0.38 (0.20–0.77) 0.26 (0.09–0.76) 0.55 (0.16–1.96)  
 Other solid tumoursc   0.83 (0.55–1.25) 0.72 (0.40–1.31) 1.04 (0.42–2.54)  
                 
Therapy
 Surgery only   2.08 (1.02–4.24) 2.94 (1.13–7.63) 5.77 (1.55–21.4) 0.003
 Chemotherapy, but no radiotherapy 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00    
 Any radiotherapy   0.77 (0.51–1.16) 0.59 (0.33–1.06) 1.47 (0.60–3.62)  
 BMT   0.85 (0.48–1.50) 0.55 (0.23–1.28) 3.60 (1.27–10.2)  
                 
Relapse
 No 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00   0.064
 Yes   0.52 (0.32–0.87) 0.57 (0.27–1.18) 0.56 (0.21–1.47)  
                 
Migration background
 No 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00   0.009
 Yes   0.71 (0.47–1.08) 0.76 (0.42–1.38) 2.60 (1.23–5.49)  
                 
Income
 Unemployed   0.34 (0.22–0.66) 0.25 (0.10–0.60) 0.18 (0.04–0.85) 0.001
 0–3000 CHF   0.72 (0.48–1.10) 0.86 (0.48–1.54) 0.92 (0.40–2.14)  
 3001–6000 CHF 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00    
 >6000 CHF   2.02 (1.09–7.67) 1.89 (0.61–5.82) 0.94 (0.10–8.69)  
                 
Education
 Compulsory schooling   0.43 (0.21–0.89) 0.74 (0.31–1.79) 1.69 (0.59–4.85) 0.102
 Vocational training 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00    
 Upper secondaryd   1.22 (0.83–1.80) 1.14 (0.67–1.96) 0.75 (0.31–1.80)  
 University   1.44 (0.73–2.81) 0.76 (0.26–2.22) 0.33 (0.04–2.86)  
                 
Parent’s education e
 Compulsory schooling   1.08 (0.57–2.06) 0.73 (0.27–1.99) 2.51 (0.93–6.80) 0.483
 Vocational training 1.00 1.00   1.00   1.00    
 Higher secondaryd   1.27 (0.86–1.87) 0.99 (0.57–1.71) 1.97 (0.84–4.64)  
 University   1.76 (0.97–3.17) 1.83 (0.83–4.03) 1.05 (0.20–5.46)  

Abbreviations: BMT=bone marrow transplantation; CHF=Swiss Francs; CI=confidence interval; CNS=central nervous system; CHF=Swiss Francs; OR=odds ratio.

a

Adjusted for all factors listed and age at survey. Reference group for ORs is the ‘risk-avoiding’ Cluster D1, for example, the odds of belonging to Cluster D2 rather than to Cluster D1 (probability of Cluster D2/probability of Cluster D1) among females is 0.33 times that among males.

b

P-value of likelihood-ratio test.

c

Includes neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumour, liver tumour, germ cell tumour, epithelial neoplasms, malignant melanomas, unspecified malignant tumours and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

d

Higher secondary education includes high school, teachers training colleges, technical colleges and higher vocational education.

e

The highest level of education of either father or mother.