Table III.
Odds ratio and confidence intervals for the effect of time since diagnosis and cancer-site on work-related variablesa
| Predictors |
Employment
Status reference group= employed [OR (95% CI)] |
Full-time/part-
time reference group= full time [OR (95% CI)] |
Retirement
status reference group= completely retired [OR (95% CI)] |
Limited in work
/daily activities reference group= not limited [OR (95% CI)] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time since diagnosis |
||||
| 1 to 5 years | 1.12 (0.71 1.75) |
0.90 (0.44 1.87) |
0.89 (0.57 1.39) |
1.37 (0.83 2.25) |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.28 (0.79 2.07) |
0.92 (0.41 2.03) |
0.96 (0.60 1.53) |
1.08 (0.61 1.90) |
| 11 or more years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Cancer site | ||||
| Breast | 1.27 (0.57 2.87) |
0.50 (0.14 1.79) |
0.98 (0.43 2.20) |
0.82 (0.32 2.11) |
| Prostate | 1.56 (0.72 3.38) |
0.58 (0.17 2.04) |
1.47 (0.68 3.20) |
1.07 (0.43 2.68) |
| Colon | 1.31 (0.64 2.67) |
0.80 (0.27 2.40) |
1.06 (0.52 2.16) |
0.91 (0.39 2.13) |
| Other | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
controlled for age, gender and education in multivariate model