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. 2016 Mar 11;15:32. doi: 10.1186/s12904-016-0105-8

Table 3.

Estimates from GEEb modles of indicators of pain, constipation, vomiting, dyspnea, and anorexia

Pain Constipation Vomiting Dyspnea Anorexia
N β(SE)a P-value β(SE)a P-value β(SE)a P-value β(SE)a P-value β(SE)a P-value
Age, year
  < 65 Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference -
  ≥ 65 −0.23 (0.06) < 0.001 −0.19 (0.08) 0.087 −0.06 (0.12) 0.614 0.07 (0.09) 0.428 0.04 (0.06) 0.475
Gender
 Male 480 Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference -
 Female 344 0.01 (0.06) 0.828 0.18 (0.12) 0.129 0.32 (0.16) 0.046 −0.06 (0.09) 0.548 0.23 (0.06) < 0.001
Cancer
 Lung cancer 150 Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference -
 Gastrointestinal cancer 267 0.12 (0.08) 0.146 0.21(0.11) 0.044 0.90 (0.16) < 0.001 −0.36 (0.12) 0.002 0.59 (0.09) < 0.001
 Breast cancer 55 0.02 (0.13) 0.875 −0.20 (0.19) 0.287 0.41 (0.23) 0.075 0.12 (0.18) 0.507 −0.07 (0.15) 0.638
 Genitourinary cancer 108 0.03 (0.10) 0.777 0.10 (0.14) 0.469 0.79 (0.19) < 0.001 −0.45 (0.15) 0.002 0.19 (0.12) 0.102
 Head, neck, and oral cancer 185 0.15 (0.09) 0.108 0.10(0.13) 0.452 −0.25 (0.22) 0.245 −0.22 (0.13) 0.089 −0.15 (0.13) 0.242
 Other cancers 59 −0.02 (0.12) 0.836 0.09 (0.21) 0.684 −0.10 (0.34) 0.773 −0.22(0.15) 0.140 0.48 (0.13) < 0.001
Day of palliative care
 1st day 822 Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference - Reference -
 3rd day 824 −0.45 (0.02) < 0.001 −0.20 (0.08) 0.013 −0.35 (0.05) < 0.001 −0.22 (0.03) < 0.001 −0.18 (0.02) < 0.001
 5th day 823 −0.67 (0.03) < 0.001 −0.22 (0.04) < 0.001 −0.47 (0.08) < 0.001 −0.25 (0.04) < 0.001 −0.23 (0.03) < 0.001
 7th day 822 −0.98 (0.04) < 0.001 −0.21 (0.06) < 0.001 −1.04 (0.09) < 0.001 −0.02 (0.05) 0.658 −0.18 (0.04) < 0.001

a Adjusted mean difference compared to referent group. bGEE:generalized estimating equation