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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Sep 5;119(3):672–680. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27781

Table 3.

Adjusted Mean Scores of Survivor Health Outcomes by Sociodemographics and Clinical Characteristics*

Variable PCS p-value MCS p-value Anxiety p-value Depression p-value Fatigue p-value
Age 0.28 <0.001 <0.001 <0.01 <0.001

 <50 42.21 41.95 6.56 5.65 37.69
 50–64 39.51 46.07 5.27 5.12 27.52
 65+ 39.93 50.57 3.96 3.87 20.93

Gender 0.12 0.58 0.29 0.99 0.32

 Female 39.55 46.55 5.51 4.88 30.06
 Male 41.55 45.85 5.02 4.88 27.36

Race/Ethnicity 0.15 0.87 0.17 0.48 0.24

 Hispanic/Other 41.68 46.07 5.65 4.70 26.77
 Non-Hispanic White 39.41 46.33 4.88 5.06 30.66

Marital Status <0.01 <0.05 0.05 <0.01 <0.05

 Married/Living as Married 42.71 48.01 4.77 4.18 24.87
 Other 38.38 44.39 5.76 5.58 32.56

Education 0.26 0.71 0.93 0.61 0.82

 ≤High School 39.65 46.93 5.39 5.04 27.64
 Some College 39.94 45.54 5.23 5.03 29.83
 College Degree or Higher 42.05 46.12 5.17 4.57 28.67

Health Insurance <0.05 <0.01 0.64 <0.05 <0.05

 Private 42.52 48.55 5.13 4.26 24.81
 Public or none 38.58 43.84 5.40 5.49 32.62

Recurrence/Progression <0.01 0.10 0.53 0.05 <0.05

 Yes 37.62 44.53 5.49 5.54 33.04
 No 43.47 47.86 5.04 4.22 24.39

Treatment in Past 6 Months 0.47 0.87 0.30 0.85 0.84

 Yes 39.73 46.39 4.84 4.80 28.22
 No 41.37 46.01 5.69 4.95 29.21

Comorbid Conditions <0.001 <0.05 0.13 <0.01 <0.01

 None 46.24 49.27 4.57 3.60 20.78
 1 or 2 40.09 45.79 5.21 4.97 28.84
 3 or more 35.32 43.54 6.01 6.06 36.51

Adjusted R Squared 0.28 0.12 0.08 0.11 012
*

Controlling for Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Marital Status, Education, Health Insurance, Recurrence/Disease Progression, Treatment in Past 6 Months, and Number of Comorbid Conditions