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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2015 Jul 8;116(1):149–155. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.06.018

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Mean Percent Adherence

Variable Category N Mean (std) P value
Disease group Rectal 28 0.24 (0.30) .002
Anal 35 0.51 (0.28)
Endometrial 45 0.47 (0.34)
Age <65 78 0.44 (0.33) .34
≥65 31 0.37 (0.33)
Race Non-white 27 0.42 (0.27) .84
White 82 0.42 (0.35)
Education College degree or higher 66 0.47 (0.32) .10
Less than college degree 42 0.36 (0.33)
Marital status Married 75 0.43 (0.33) .77
Other 34 0.4 (0.33)
Menopausal Post 80 0.43 (0.33) .82
Pre 29 0.4 (0.31)
Sexually active (baseline) No 48 0.41 (0.33) .75
Yes 60 0.43 (0.33)
Smoking history No 59 0.42 (0.34) .95
Yes 50 0.42 (0.31)
Comorbidities No 77 0.4 (0.33) .32
Yes 32 0.46 (0.32)
Radiation Preop 28 0.26 (0.29) .004
Postop 51 0.45 (0.34)
RT with no surgery 30 0.53 (0.29)
RT modality EBRT 71 0.39 (0.33) .14
Intravaginal 38 0.48 (0.32)
Chemotherapy No 32 0.52 (0.33) .04
Yes 77 0.38 (0.32)

Abbreviations: EBRT, external beam radiotherapy; RT, radiotherapy.