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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Mar 23;26(7):1124–1132. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-1007

Table 5.

Multivariable analysis for the factors contributing to the prevalence of individual symptoms#

Sensation abnormality Pain Fatigue Cognitive disturbance Depression Anxiety
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
Cancer experience (Ref: Non-cancer individuals)
 Cancer survivors 1.31*
(1.01, 1.70)
1.47**
(1.14, 1.89)
1.36*
(1.05, 1.75)
1.05
(0.80, 1.39)
1.05
(0.81, 1.35)
1.18
(0.94, 1.48)
Number of chronic conditions (Ref: none)
 1 2.27***
(1.92, 2.69)
6.58***
(5.30, 8.16)
3.40***
(2.76, 4.17)
3.01***
(2.46, 3.69)
2.38***
(2.00, 2.85)
2.37***
(2.00, 2.80)
 2 and above 4.49***
(3.35, 6.03)
27.02***
(16.8, 44.3)
6.48***
(4.58, 9.16)
3.66***
(4.98, 8.88)
3.68***
(2.82, 4.81)
3.65***
(2.67, 5.00)
Age at survey (Ref: 18–44.9 years old)
 45–64.9 years old 1.73***
(1.47, 2.03)
1.02
(0.86, 1.20)
0.68***
(0.58, 0.80)
1.43***
(1.17, 1.74)
0.81*
(0.67, 0.95)
0.82*
(0.69, 0.98)
 ≥65 years old 2.39***
(1.89, 3.01)
0.78*
(0.62, 0.98)
0.40***
(0.32, 0.49)
1.67***
(1.29, 2.16)
0.46
(0.36, 0.58)
0.45***
(0.36, 0.56)
Gender (Ref: Male)
 Female 0.88
(0.77, 1.01)
1.37***
(1.20, 1.56)
1.66***
(1.45, 1.90)
0.98
(0.83, 1.15)
1.59***
(1.39, 1.82)
1.55***
(1.36, 1.78)
Race/ethnicity (Ref: White)
 Hispanic 0.65***
(0.54, 0.79)
0.70***
(0.59, 0.84)
0.59***
(0.49, 0.71)
0.89
(0.71, 1.12)
0.62***
(0.51, 0.75)
0.67***
(0.55, 0.82)
 Non-Hispanic Black 0.73**
(0.60, 0.88)
0.83
(0.69, 1.01)
0.60**
(0.56, 0.85)
0.89
(0.70, 1.14)
0.72**
(0.59, 0.87)
0.57***
(0.47, 0.69)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 0.79
(0.60, 1.04)
0.54***
(0.41, 0.71)
0.71*
(0.53, 0.94)
0.96
(0.68, 1.35)
0.61**
(0.45, 0.82)
0.78
(0.60, 1.02)
 Non-Hispanic other races 2.05*
(1.00, 4.19)
1.01
(0.52, 1.97)
0.68
(0.31, 1.50)
0.55
(0.17, 1.75)
0.81
(0.37, 1.78)
0.48
(0.20, 1.17)
Marital status (Ref: Married)
 Separated 1.26
(0.87, 1.82)
1.48*
(1.03, 2.14)
1.15
(0.77, 1.72)
1.54*
(1.03, 2.30)
1.67**
(1.18, 2.38)
1.80**
(1.25, 2.60)
 Divorced 1.10
(0.92, 1.34)
1.29*
(1.06, 1.56)
1.23
(0.99, 1.53)
1.10
(0.87, 1.39)
1.34**
(1.11, 1.62)
1.15
(0.95, 1.39)
 Single/never married 0.90
(0.75, 1.07)
0.91
(0.77, 1.07)
0.90
(0.76, 1.08)
1.04
(0.82, 1.32)
1.17
(0.98, 1.39)
1.14
(0.97, 1.34)
 Widowed 1.27
(0.97, 1.66)
0.94
(0.71, 1.25)
0.82
(0.63, 1.05)
1.25
(0.88, 1.61)
1.22
(0.96, 1.55)
0.97
(0.76, 1.24)
Education (Ref: Graduate degree)
 Below high school 1.26
(0.98, 1.64)
1.09
(0.83, 1.44)
0.90
(0.68, 1.19)
2.18***
(1.56, 3.04)
1.16
(0.87, 1.55)
0.83
(0.64, 1.09)
 High school/GED 1.04
(0.84, 1.29)
1.12
(0.87, 1.43)
0.91
(0.72, 1.15)
1.61**
(1.19, 2.18)
1.00
(0.79, 1.28)
0.86
(0.69, 1.08)
 Some college 0.99
(0.79, 1.25)
1.20
(0.95, 1.53)
0.92
(0.73, 1.15)
1.35
(0.89, 1.87)
0.98
(0.77, 1.25)
0.96
(0.77, 1.21)
 Bachelor degree 0.91
(0.72, 1.14)
0.90
(0.69, 1.18)
0.82
(0.63, 1.05)
1.06
(0.74, 1.51)
0.94
(0.72, 1.23)
1.12
(0.87, 1.45)
#

Numbers were weighted to represent the entire U.S. non-institutionalized adults.

Six multivariable models were performed to identify the determinants for the prevalence of individual symptom phenotypes.

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001.