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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2015 May 20;25(4):441–446. doi: 10.1002/pon.3850

Table 3. Social Support and Survival.

SOCIAL SUPPORT MEASURE HAZARD RATIO (95% confidence interval) P-VALUE ADJUSTED* HAZARD RATIO (95% confidence interval) P-VALUE

size of social support group
 0-10 versus 26+ 1.53 (0.90, 2.61) 0.12 1.30 (0.75, 2.23) 0.35
 11-25 versus 26+ 0.95 (0.53, 1.69) 0.95 0.87 (0.48, 1.57) 0.63

Living status
 alone versus not 1.49 (1.01, 2.20) 0.04 1.25 (0.85, 1.86) 0.26

Marital status
 married versus not 0.69 (0.47, 1.00) 0.05 0.84 (0.57, 1.26) 0.40

Emotional/informational support 1.02 (0.68, 1.52) 0.92 1.00 (0.66, 1.50) 0.99

Tangible support 0.98 (0.66, 1.45) 0.91 1.07 (0.72, 1.59) 0.75

Social interaction support 0.79 (0.54, 1.16) 0.23 0.80 (0.54, 1.20) 0.28

Affectionate support 0.97 (0.65, 1.43) 0.87 0.95 (0.64, 1.42) 0.81
*

In the multivariate analyses, adjustments were made for tumor burden (a function of tumor size and lymph node status) and number of tumor-positive nodes.