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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2015 Aug 6;10(2):261–270. doi: 10.1007/s11764-015-0472-9

Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression for top 8 health issues of gynecologic cancer survivors


Fatigue Sexual Neurologic Urinary

Variablea OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p
Age (≤ 40 yrs) .00
41–50 yrs 0.95 0.57, 1.58 .83
51–60 yrs 0.62 0.38, 1.00 .05
61–70 yrs 0.30 0.18, .51 .00
71+ yrs 0.09 0.04, 0.17 .00

BMI (ref=under/normal weight <25) .09
Overweight 25.0 – 29.9 1.30 .92, 1.83 .14
Obese 30.0 + 1.44 1.03, 2.0 .03

Current smoker (ref=no) 1.54 1.01, 2.35 .04 1.98 1.26, 310 .00 2.02 1.30, 3.13 .00 1.55 1.02, 2.37 .04

Race (ref=White)
Black
Hispanic
Other

Marital (ref=Married/partner)
Not married/no partner 0.44 .32, .61 .00 1.38 1.03, 1.85 .03

Cancer dx (ref=Endometrial)
Cervical
Ovarian
Vaginal
Vulvar
Other

Time since dx (ref=<3 yrs) .05 .01 .00
3–5 yrs 0.99 .67, 1.46 .96 1.28 0.84, 1.94 .25 1.65 1.08, 2.53 .02
5–10 yrs 1.25 .89, 1.76 .20 1.72 1.19, 2.50 .00 2.65 1.83, 3.85 .00
10+ yrs 1.71 1.12, 2.61 .01 2.07 1.30, 3.31 .00 2.86 1.83, 4.45 .00

Point in disease spectrum (ref=NED) .00 .01
Recurrent disease 2.25 1.47, 3.42 .00 1.83 1.21, 2.75 .00
Primary treatment 4.12 0.72, 23.6 .11 2.01 .43, 9.35 .37

Treatment modality (ref=Surgery) .00 .00 .00 .00
Surgery, chemotherapy 3.45 2.34, 5.08 .00 1.57 1.04, 2.36 .03 4.04 2.68, 6.10 .00 0.68 0.45,1.04 .08
Surgery, radiation 1.83 1.19, 2.80 .01 2.29 1.43, 3.67 .00 1.80 1.12, 2.89 .01 1.85 1.21,2.83 .00
Chemotherapy, radiation 3.21 1.92, 5.38 .00 2.05 1.18, 3.56 .01 2.72 1.58, 4.67 .00 2.49 1.48, 4.18 .00
Surgery, chemo, radiation 4.01 2.68, 6.00 .00 3.29 2.16, 5.01 .00 5.93 3.89, 9.03 .00 2.03 1.37, 3.02 .00
Radiation only 1.73 0.87, 3.44 .12 3.36 1.49, 7.62 .02 1.10 0.48, 2.54 .82 2.10 1.06, 4.14 .03
Chemotherapy only 0.57 0.07, 4.81 .60 1.21 0.20, 7.17 .83 1.86 0.35, 9.91 .47 0.00 0.00, 0.00 1.0
Hormonal therapy 0.75 0.06, 10.1 .83 0.80 0.07, 9.10 .86 0.00 0.00, 0.00 1.0 0.00 0.00, 0.00 1.0

Sleep Bowel Memory Depression

Variablea OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p
Age (ref = ≤ 40 yrs) .00 .00 .00
41–50 yrs 1.30 0.77, 2.19 .33 0.84 0.48, 1.46 .54 .77 .46, 1.30 .33
51–60 yrs 0.94 0.57, 1.53 .80 0.59 0.35, 1.00 .05 .65 .40, 1.07 .09
61–70 yrs 0.70 0.42, 1.16 .17 0.37 0.21, 0.64 .00 .43 .26, .73 .00
71+ yrs 0.51 0.29, 0.89 .02 0.27 0.15, 0.49 .00 .32 .18, .57 .00

BMI (ref=under/normal weight <25) .10
Overweight 25.0 – 29.9 .74 0.53, 1.05 .10
Obese 30.0 + .71 0.50, 1.00 .05

Current smoker (ref=no) 1.95 1.24, 3.06 .01 1.77 1.12, 2.82 .02 1.46 0.94, 2.26 .09

Race (ref=White) .04 .05
Black 1.74 0.96, 3.15 .07 1.67 0.91, 3.09 .10
Hispanic 1.67 1.08, 2.59 .02 1.27 0.80, 2.02 .31
Other 0.87 0.39, 1.91 .72 2.41 1.13, 5.11 .02

Marital (ref=Married/partner)
Not married/no partner

Cancer dx (ref=Endometrial) .05
Cervical 1.51 0.98, 2.33 .06
Ovarian 1.52 0.93, 2.49 .10
Vaginal 2.75 1.44, 5.29 .00
Vulvar 1.10 0.62, 1.94 .74
Other 1.24 0.20, 7.54 .82

Time since dx (ref=<3 yrs) .00 .00 .04
3–5 yrs 0.95 0.63. 1.42 .80 2.41 1.58, 3.69 .00 1.03 .67, 1.57 .91
5–10 yrs 1.63 1.15, 2.31 .01 2.16 1.46, 3.19 .00 1.32 .91, 1.93 .14
10+ yrs 2.19 1.41, 3.39 .00 2.41 1.49, 3.92 .00 1.87 1.18, 2.95 .01

Point in disease spectrum (ref=NED)
Recurrent disease
Primary treatment

Treatment modality (ref=Surgery) .00 .00 .00 .02
Surgery, chemotherapy 3.07 2.08, 4.52 .00 2.50 1.47, 4.25 .00 2.90 1.94, 4.33 .00 1.92 1.27, 2.89 .00
Surgery, radiation 1.85 1.18, 2.91 .01 4.54 2.79, 7.39 .00 0.97 0.58, 1.60 .89 1.26 0.77, 2.07 .35
Chemotherapy, radiation 2.65 1.56, 4.50 .00 4.00 2.26, 7.08 .00 2.24 1.24, 4.05 .01 2.41 1.40, 4.17 .00
Surgery, chemo, radiation 2.82 1.88, 4.24 .00 5.08 3.28, 7.89 .00 2.64 1.74, 4.03 .00 1.79 1.17, 2.74 .01
Radiation only 2.20 1.07, 4.52 .03 2.75 1.30, 5.81 .01 1.01 0.41, 2.47 .99 1.56 0.70, 3.44 .27
Chemotherapy only 0.49 0.05, 4.33 .52 2.02 0.36, 11.4 .43 1.18 0.21, 6.64 .85 0.62 0.07, 5.33 .66
Hormonal therapy 1.63 0.14, 19.1 .70 0.00 0.00, 0.00 1.0 1.61 0.14, 18.4 .70 0.00 0.00, 0.00 1.0
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The following variables were included in all regression models: age, BMI, smoking status, race, marital status, cancer disease site, time since cancer diagnosis, point in disease spectrum, and treatment modality.