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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Jun 26;49(2):192–202. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.003

Table 4.

Adjusted Rates of Symptoms in Patients

N=5422 Any Symptom Any Moderate to Severe Symptom
Adjusted Proportions for Patients with Any Symptoms P-value Adjusted Proportions for Patients with Any Moderate to Severe Symptoms P-value
Gender
Male (reference) 92.7% 47.2%
Female 94.3% 0.02 54.7% <0.001
Age (yrs)
21–59 95.3% 0.31 57.7% <0.001
60–69 92.5% 0.17 49.3% 0.04
70–79 91.7% 0.03 45.7% 0.61
80+ (reference) 94.2% 44.6%
Race
White (reference) 93.4% 51.1%
Hispanic or Latino 93.4% 0.97 56.2% 0.04
African American 93.9% 0.61 48.5% 0.17
Other 93.3% 0.93 47.5% 0.09
Education
College degree or more (reference) 92.6% 48.2%
High school/some college 93.8% 0.12 51.4% 0.04
Less than high school 93.9% 0.23 52.3% 0.05
Insurance status
Private (reference) 93.4% 48.3%
VA 93.4% 0.95 58.3% <0.001
Supplemental 93.6% 0.90 50.3% 0.31
Public 92.4% 0.41 53.0% 0.05
None 96.4% 0.16 48.4% 0.99
Wealth (how much money saved to live at current cost of living)
More than one year (reference) 91.9% 46.2%
7–12 months 95.4% 0.03 50.5% 0.10
3–6 months 94.4% 0.06 51.0% 0.04
1–2 months 95.1% 0.03 56.2% <0.001
< 1 month 95.3% 0.001 56.9% <0.001
Marital Status
Not married (reference) 94.0% 53.2%
Married 93.1% 0.23 49.0% 0.001
Cancer Type
Colorectal (reference) 90.2% 38.5%
Lung 98.2% <0.001 66.3% <0.001
Stage
Early (reference) 93.4% 49.6%
Late 93.6% 0.85 53.3% 0.01
Surgery in last 6 weeks
Not received (reference) 93.3% 50.0%
Received 96.2% 0.05 65.6% <0.001
Radiation in last 6 weeks
Not received (reference) 93.3% 49.5%
Received 96.2% 0.08 61.0% <0.001
Chemotherapy in last 6 weeks
Not received (reference) 90.8% 46.2%
Received 97.3% <0.001 56.8% <0.001
Comorbidity
0–1 92.0% 44.5%
2+ 95.9% <0.001 60.4% <0.001