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Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Feb 1;94(6):1062–1073. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.01.013

Table 3.

Relative risk (RR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of reporting poor health status among sarcoma survivors by local control and primary cancer therapy^$

	Poor General Health¹			Poor Mental Health²			Functional Impairment¹			Activity Limitation¹			Pain³			Anxiety⁴
	%	RR	95% CI	%	RR	95% CI	%	RR	95% CI	%	RR	95% CI	%	RR	95% CI	%	RR	95% CI
Limb Surgery
None							15.1	1.00		18.6	1.00
AKA^*							23.6	1.56	1.26–1.94	29.8	1.45	1.21–1.73
BKA^**							24.1	1.61	1.09–2.36	18.8	0.95	0.63–1.42
U/E Amputation^***							25.3	1.85	1.17–2.92	12.4	0.95	0.53–1.72
Limb sparing							12.6	0.92	0.69–1.23	16.1	0.95	0.75–1.2

Alkylating Agent
None	10.3	1.00					14.7	1.00
Any	12.6	1.23	0.98–1.55				19.9	1.51	1.26–1.81

Platinum
None										21.0	1.00
Any										24.0	1.10	0.91–1.33

Vincristine
None													5.4	1.00
Any													7.0	0.70	0.48–0.97
Abdominal Radiation
None				16.0	1.00		18.2	1.00		21.7	1.00		6.2	1.00		3.0	1.00
Any				34.8	2.24	1.25–4.02	26.9	1.83	1.01–3.33	34.6	2.28	1.5–3.45	20.8	4.63	1.66–12.94	12.5	4.17	1.42–12.26

Limb Radiation
None	11.4	1.00														2.7	1.00
Any	13.6	1.19	0.91–1.55													4.6	1.68	1.04–2.7

Thoractomy
None	15.7	1.00
Any	11.3	1.49	1.10–2.02

Backward selection methods used for model covariate selection and those with p<0.1 were included.

Model adjusted for all variables shown and for tumor location, age at questionnaire, gender

Model adjusted for all variables with RR shown and for tumor location, age at diagnosis

Model adjusted for all variables with RR shown and for tumor location, age at diagnosis, gender

⁴

Model adjusted for all variables with RR shown and for tumor location and gender

AKA=Above knee amputation

^**

BKA=Below knee amputation

^***

U/E=Upper Extremity