. 2015 Sep 30;10(9):e0139252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139252

Table 3. Predictors of each QLQ-C30, QLQ-BR23, and SF-36 subscale after surgery over a 2-year period ^# .

	QLQ-C30						QLQ-BR23				SF-36
Predictors	GQOL	PF	RF	EF	CF	SF	BI	SF	SE	FP	PCS	MCS
Time
6^th month vs. baseline	14.20^**	20.03^**	18.32^**	24.69^**	26.53^**	10.05^*	23.21^**	10.24^**	12.79^**	17.54^**	5.67^**	5.07^**
1^st year vs. baseline	19.04^**	32.59^**	30.82^**	38.80^**	36.28^**	16.73^**	35.43^**	18.14^**	26.61^**	24.39^**	9.89^**	10.64^**`
2^nd year vs. baseline	26.59^**	46.69^**	41.64^**	44.01^**	40.37^**	24.36^**	46.15^**	19.97^**	29.86^**	31.36^**	12.82^**	11.69^**
Surgical type
MRM vs. BCS	-1.49	-1.18	-3.76^*	-3.98^**	-5.15^**	0.74	-5.39^**	1.90	-0.20	0.43	-0.46	-2.48^*
TRAM vs. BCS	1.36	4.67^*	2.62	5.86^**	2.98	0.21	-2.95^*	3.39^*	3.24^*	1.06	3.24^*	3.49^*
Age	-0.23^**	-0.03	-0.02	-0.14^*	-0.02	-0.04	-0.42^*	-0.28^**	-0.29^**	-0.17^*	-0.07	-0.12^*
CCI score	-0.07^*	-0.08^*	-0.08^*	-0.10^**	-0.09^*	-0.03	-0.11^**	-0.09^*	-0.07^*	-0.09^*	-0.07^*	-0.10^**
Tumor stage
Stage III/IV vs. stage 0/I	-0.12^*	-0.24^**	-0.22^**	-0.28^**	-0.30^**	-0.11	-0.25^**	-0.14^*	-0.14^*	-0.18^*	-0.18^*	-0.24^**
Stage II vs. stage 0/I	-0.04	-0.06	-0.06	-0.05	-0.09^*	-0.02	-0.08^*	-0.03	-0.04	-0.04	-0.03	-0.01
Chemotherapy
Yes vs. no	-4.91^*	-4.63^*	-0.52	-3.20^*	1.32	0.78	-4.10^*	-1.68	-1.56	-6.45^**	-3.57^*	-2.45^*
Radiotherapy
Yes vs. no	3.62^*	-1.56	1.63	3.57^*	-1.12	2.01	5.29^**	2.84	-1.41	4.74^*	-1.03	1.03
Hormone therapy
Yes vs. no	3.68^*	0.57	1.68	-0.68	-0.82	0.94	4.52^**	2.13	1.75	3.93^*	0.34	1.08
Post-operative LOS	-0.03	-0.06^*	-0.09^**	-0.12^**	-0.18^**	-0.02	-0.14^**	-0.11^**	-0.06^*	-0.04	-0.07^*	-0.08^*
Preoperative QOL scores	0.39^**	0.50^**	0.61^**	0.64^**	0.57^**	0.44^**	0.48^**	0.31^**	0.42^**	0.54^**	0.48^**	0.55^**

^#Values expressed as coefficients.

GQOL = global quality of life, PF = physical functioning, RF = role functioning, EF = emotional functioning, CF = cognitive functioning, SF = social functioning, BI = body image, SF = sexual functioning, SE = sexual enjoyment, FP = future perception, PCS = physical component summary, MCS = mental component summary, BCS = breast conserving surgery, MRM = modified radical mastectomy, TRAM = transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap surgery (mastectomy with reconstruction), CCI = Charlson co-morbidity index, LOS = length of stay, QOL = quality of life.

*P<0.05,

**P<0.01

Table 3. Predictors of each QLQ-C30, QLQ-BR23, and SF-36 subscale after surgery over a 2-year period # .

Table 3. Predictors of each QLQ-C30, QLQ-BR23, and SF-36 subscale after surgery over a 2-year period ^# .