Table 2.

Pearson’s correlations: patient characteristics vs. RAND-36 QOL summary scales (n=2582).

	Quality of Life Summary Scales
	Physical Health	Mental Health
Demographics:
Age	−0.063	0.150
Education	0.107	0.033
Ethnicity/race	0.023	0.041
Marital status	0.074	0.094
Anthropometrics: body mass index	−0.277*	−0.135
Health behaviors:
Alcohol intake	0.137	0.062
Current smoking	−0.012	−0.049
Diet compositiona	0.107	0.091
Physical activityb	0.225*	0.202
Breast cancer variables:
Cancer stage at diagnosis	−0.039	−0.032
Current tamoxifen use—no/yes	0.054	0.109
Years since diagnosis	0.108	0.096
Treatment: radiation only	0.024	0.048
Chemotherapy only	0.027	−0.010
Both radiation & chemotherapy	−0.034	−0.051
Psychosocial variables:
Ambivalence over negative emotional expressivenessc	−0.172	−0.280*
Center for epidemiologic studies—depressionc	−0.267*	−0.530*
Hostilityc	−0.173	−0.229*
Life events	−0.211	−0.307*
Negative emotional expressivenessc	−0.006	−0.040
Optimismc	0.214	0.389*
Poor sleep quality	−0.293	−0.339*
Sleep quantity (Hours)	−0.058	−0.098
Social strainc	−0.230	−0.364*
Social supportc	0.216	0.352*
Symptoms:
Psychologicalc	−0.415*	−0.623*
Paind	−0.582*	−0.351*
Vasomotord	−0.183	−0.169
Genitourinaryd	−0.169	−0.162
Gastrointestinald	−0.325*	−0.293*

^*Meets MOS criterion for meaningfulness (Pearson’s r⩾0.23) (Stewart and Ware, 1992) and are significant at p ≤0.001.

^aNumber of NCI daily recommendations met: ≤30% of energy from fat; ⩾20 g/d fiber; ⩾5 servings/d fruit/vegetables.

^bMetabolic equivalents/week, excluding sleep.

^cExcluded from multiple regression model with Mental Health as DV due to conceptual overlap.

^dExcluded from multiple regression model with Physical Health as DV due to conceptual overlap.