Table 5.

Adjusted effects of swelling on quality of life: SF-12M, SF-12P, and FACT-B (results from longitudinal mixed modeling; N = 622)

Scale	Estimate	SE (95% confidence limits)	P
SF-12M	1.67	0.39 (0.91,2.43)	<0.01
Mean scores at 3 y
Not swelling	44.8	0.73
Swelling	43.1	0.78
SF-12P	1.29	0.37 (0.56,2.03)	<0.01
Mean scores at 3 y
Not swelling	49.8	0.84
Swelling	48.6	0.88
FACT-B	2.19	0.67 (0.87,3.51)	<0.01
Mean scores at 3 y
Not swelling	113.8	2.03
Swelling	111.7	2.08

NOTE: Models adjusted for months past surgery (linear and quadratic term), age at diagnosis (in years), race (White versus other), marital status (married versus single), education (high school graduate or less, some college, college graduate), weight status category (time varying), current smoking status (time varying), weekly exercise category (time varying), having a child <8 y of age, employment status (full-time, part-time, homemaker, and other), reconstructive surgery, lumpectomy, mastectomy, nodal dissection (none, SND only, and AND), number of nodes removed, number of positive nodes, antibiotic use (time varying), radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and tamoxifen use (lag1 time varying).