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. 2013 Apr 12;3(4):e002317. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002317

Table 6.

Ordered Logistic Regression Model EQ5D in NHL patients (n=614, pseudo R2=0.15 p<0.001)

Characteristic OR 95% CI p Value
Age (years)
 <55 REF
 55–64 0.89 0.55 1.45 0.65
 65–74 1.23 0.75 1.99 0.41
 75–84 1.60 0.94 2.73 0.08
 85+ 2.13 0.84 5.39 0.11
Sex
 Male REF
 Female 1.25 0.89 1.74 0.19
Deprivation
 1 least deprived REF
 2 1.06 0.67 1.69 0.80
 3 1.21 0.75 1.95 0.43
 4 1.64 0.97 2.76 0.07
 5 most deprived 1.19 0.65 2.21 0.57
Physical activity* 0.91 0.84 0.98 0.01
Number of other LTC (excluding BP)
 0 REF
 1 2.16 1.44 3.24 <0.001
 2+ 7.26 4.51 11.69 <0.001
Treatment†
 Chemo only REF
 Radio+chemo 0.81 0.47 1.41 0.46
 Chemo+antibody 0.93 0.55 1.59 0.80
 Radio+chemo+other 1.55 0.87 2.77 0.14
 Other 0.96 0.63 1.46 0.86
Ethnicity
 White REF
 Mixed 2.78 0.28 27.7 0.38
 Asian 0.68 0.29 1.59 0.38
 Black 0.91 0.33 2.49 0.85
 Other 0.61 0.09 4.39 0.62
Disease status
 Remission REF
 Rx but present 2.57 1.52 4.33 <0.001
 Not treated 0.83 0.17 3.96 0.82
 Recurrence 3.73 1.68 8.29 0.001
 Not sure 3.04 1.58 5.84 0.001
Time since diagnosis (years)
 1 REF
 2 0.62 0.38 0.99 0.05
 3 0.60 0.38 0.96 0.03
 5 0.57 0.36 0.90 0.02

*Amount of physical activity performed each week quantified according to the Chief Medical Officer of England's recommendations.16

†Odds of reporting ‘medium’ or ‘low’ QoL EQ5D scores compared with ‘high’ QoL scores where ‘high’, ‘medium’ and ‘low’ QoL was defined as scores=1, 0.5≤scores<1 and scores<0.5, respectively.

LTC,long-term condition; QoL, quality of life.