Table 4.

Multivariate analysis risk of poor HR-QoL by socio-demographic factors

	PCS		MCS
	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Race
Non-Hispanic White	1.00		1.00
Hispanic	1.36 (0.88–2.09)	0.16	1.27 (0.85–1.90)	0.24
African-American	1.22 (0.78–1.92)	0.38	0.93 (0.62–1.42)	0.75
Asian/PI	0.69 (0.40–1.20)	0.19	1.39 (0.80–2.42)	0.25
Sex
Male	1.00		1.00
Female	1.48 (1.14–1.91)	0.0030	1.62 (1.27–2.08)	<0.0001
Age, years
<50	1.00		1.00
50–59	1.02 (0.75–1.40)	0.88	0.71 (0.53–0.97)	0.029
60–69	0.93 (0.66–1.31)	0.68	0.64 (0.46–0.89)	0.0080
70+	1.08 (0.72–1.63)	0.70	0.35 (0.23–0.52)	<0.0001
Marital Status
Married	1.00		1.00
Widowed	1.44 (0.84–2.44)	0.18	1.13 (0.69–1.86)	0.62
Separated	0.91 (0.15–5.54)	0.92	0.85 (0.16–4.51)	0.85
Divorced	1.20 (0.76–1.88)	0.44	1.23 (0.80–1.89)	0.34
Never Married	1.15 (0.76–1.73)	0.50	1.28 (0.87–1.88)	0.22
Education Level
< High School	1.00		1.00
High School/AA/VOC	0.56 (0.35–0.90)	0.017	0.62 (0.40–0.94)	0.26
At least some college	0.36 (0.22–0.59)	0.00	0.54 (0.35–0.85)	0.0070
Alcohol Use
Never	1.00		1.00
Yes, but quit	1.38 (0.93–2.06)	0.11	1.35 (0.94–1.95)	0.11
Yes, currently	0.52 (0.39–0.68)	<0.0001	0.84 (0.64–1.09)	0.19
Tobacco Use
Never	1.00		1.00
Yes, but quit	1.13 (0.86–1.49)	0.37	1.21 (0.93–1.58)	0.15
Yes, currently	1.89 (1.26–2.84)	0.0020	1.61 (1.11–2.35)	0.013
Cancer site
Rectum	1.00		1.00
Colon	1.48 (1.16–1.90)	0.0020	0.97 (0.76–1.23)	0.79
Stage
I	1.00		1.00
II	0.85 (0.55–1.33)	0.46	1.17 (0.76–1.82)	0.47
III	0.81 (0.54–1.21)	0.30	1.16 (0.78–1.73)	0.47
IV	1.66 (1.08–2.57)	0.022	1.65 (1.08–2.51)	0.020

PI, Pacific Islanders; AA, associate of arts, VOC, vocational