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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Nov 8;166(2):89–98. doi: 10.7326/M16-0742

Table 3.

Relative risk for adverse health status outcomes by treatment decade and by demographic characteristics and health habits among survivors.

Poor General Health Functional Impairment Activity Limitation Poor Mental Health Cancer-related Pain Cancer-related Anxiety
N % RR (95% CI) % RR (95% CI) % RR (95% CI) % RR (95% CI) % RR (95% CI) % RR (95% CI)
Treatment decade 1970-1979 4618 11.2 1.0 12.8 1.0 12.8 1.0 17.5 1.0 9.6 1.0 13.3 1.0
1980-1989 4669 11.8 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 12.2 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 11.6 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 17.3 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) 10.6 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 14.0 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
1990-1999 5279 13.3 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 11.3 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 11.9 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 17.8 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) 11.3 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 14.4 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
Sex Male 7492 11.5 1.0 11.0 1.0 9.6 1.0 16.6 1.0 9.7 1.0 11.0 1.0
Female 7074 13.0 1.3 (1.1, 1.4) 13.0 1.6 (1.4, 1.7) 14.7 1.9 (1.7, 2.1) 18.6 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 11.7 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 17.2 1.5 (1.4, 1.7)
Non-Hispanic white Yes 12062 11.2 1.0 11.4 1.0 11.7 1.0 17.1 1.0 10.3 1.0 13.9 1.0
No 2504 17.1 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) 14.7 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 13.8 1.3 (1.1, 1.4) 19.6 1.2 (1.1, 1.3) 12.2 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 14.6 1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
Smoking status Never 9936 9.7 1.0 10.8 1.0 10.9 1.0 14.2 1.0 8.5 1.0 11.9 1.0
Former 2074 13.1 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) 11.8 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 13.8 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 19.3 1.4 (1.2, 1.5) 12.7 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) 17.5 1.4 (1.2, 1.5)
Current 2472 21.9 2.8 (2.5, 3.1) 16.9 1.8 (1.6, 2.1) 14.9 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 29.7 2.1 (1.9, 2.2) 17.2 2.2 (2.0, 2.5) 19.4 1.6 (1.4, 1.7)
Heavy drinking* No 12252 12.1 1.0 12.7 1.0 12.2 1.0 16.9 1.0 10.4 1.0 12.9 1.0
Yes 2311 13.2 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 8.7 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) 11.5 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) 20.7 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 11.9 1.0 (0.8, 1.1) 19.6 1.2 (1.0, 1.3)
Body mass index Normal 7129 8.5 1.0 10.0 1.0 10.2 1.0 15.9 1.0 8.9 1.0 13.6 1.0
Underweight 758 16.3 2.0 (1.6, 2.5) 19.7 2.1 (1.7, 2.6) 19.7 2.1 (1.7, 2.5) 20.4 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 14.1 1.8 (1.4, 2.2) 14.9 1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
Overweight 3905 11.2 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 10.4 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 11.3 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 17.2 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 10.7 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 12.8 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
Obese 2394 22.3 2.7 (2.4, 3.1) 17.2 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) 15.9 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 22.0 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 14.3 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) 16.6 1.2 (1.1, 1.3)
Meets physical activity guidelines Yes 5777 7.8 1.0 9.1 1.0 8.4 1.0 15.5 1.0 9.6 1.0 13.7 1.0
No 8348 15.3 1.9 (1.7, 2.2) 13.9 1.4 (1.3, 1.6) 14.7 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) 19.1 1.2 (1.1, 1.3) 11.3 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 14.2 1.0 (0.9, 1.0)

N=number, %=percent, RR=relative risk, CI=confidence interval

Regression models used a binomial distribution with a log link. Adjusted for sampling weights, attained age and survival time in years which were not significant.

*

Consuming > 4 drinks/day or > 14 drinks/week for males and consuming > 3 drinks/day or > 7 drinks/week for females,

Underweight: <18.5 kilograms/square meter (kg/m2), Normal: 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, Overweight: 25-29.9 kg/m2, Obese: ≥30kg/m2.

≥150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week.

Bold text indicates RR estimates with p < 0.05