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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Jan 11;122(5):730–739. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29705

Table 3.

Univariate comparison of psychological and socioeconomic outcomes among survivors of childhood astroglial tumors by vision status

Outcome Vision Category p value
Vision without impairment Vision with impairment Bilateral blindness
Psychological Short Form-36
Physical impaired 57 11 10 0.06
not impaired 301 70 21
OR (95%CI) reference 0.83(0.41,1.66) 2.52(1.13,5.62)
Mental impaired 70 18 4 0.55
not impaired 288 63 27
OR (95%CI) reference 1.18(0.66,2.11) 0.61(0.21,1.80)
Brief Symptom Inventory-18
GDI impaired 47 12 4 0.97
not impaired 326 77 27
OR (95%CI) reference 1.08(0.55,2.14) 1.03(0.34,3.07)
Depression impaired 60 17 4 0.70
not impaired 313 72 27
OR (95%CI) reference 1.23(0.68,2.24) 0.77(0.26,2.29)
Anxiety impaired 36 7 3 0.85
not impaired 337 82 28
OR (95%CI) reference 0.80(0.34,1.86) 1.00(0.29,3.46)
Somatization impaired 48 14 6 0.43
not impaired 325 75 25
OR (95%CI) reference 1.26(0.66,2.41) 1.63(0.63,4.17)
Cantril Ladder of Life
Life Satisfaction (present) impaired 129 25 8 0.46
not impaired 225 55 22
OR (95%CI) reference 0.79(0.47,1.33) 0.63(0.28,1.47)
NeuroCognitive Questionnaire
Task Efficiency impaired 133 40 16 0.049
not impaired 209 40 12
OR (95%CI) reference 1.57(0.96,2.56) 2.10(0.96,4.57)
Emotional Regulation impaired 48 12 6 0.56
not impaired 307 68 24
OR (95%CI) reference 1.13(0.57,2.24) 1.60(0.62,4.11)
Organization impaired 71 17 7 0.86
not impaired 283 65 23
OR (95%CI) reference 1.04(0.58,1.89) 1.21(0.50,2.94)
Memory impaired 91 21 10 0.67
not impaired 259 60 20
OR (95%CI) reference 1.00(0.57,1.73) 1.42(0.64,3.15)
Socioeconomic Marital Status
Never Married 275 70 34 <0.001
Married 170 31 4
OR (95% CI) reference 1.40(0.88,2.22) 5.26(1.83,15.07)
Living Arrangement
Living Dependently 212 57 31 <0.001
Living Independently 234 45 8
OR (95% CI) reference 1.40(0.91,2.16) 4.28(1.92,9.51)
Employment Status
Unemployed 166 43 22 0.05
Employed 280 59 17
OR (95% CI) reference 1.23(0.79,1.90) 2.18(1.13,4.23)
Income
Income <=$20,000 269 68 27 0.11
Income >$20,000 158 28 8
OR (95% CI) reference 1.43(0.88,2.31) 1.98(0.88,4.47)
Education
Less than College 149 35 22 0.02
College 290 64 16
OR (95% CI) reference 1.06(0.67,1.68) 2.68(1.36,5.25)

OR = odds ratio, 95%CI = 95% confidence interval, GDI = Global Disability Index. Bold text indicates statistical significance (p<0.05)