Table 5.

Linear regression assessing the association between SCS and patient health characteristics (beta coefficients (β) and 95% CIs are presented)

	β	(95%CI)	p Value
Physical health
BMI	−0.46*	(−0.85 to 0.06)	0.024
Breast cancer stage	0.26	(−1.92 to 2.44)	0.814
Medication status	3.40	(−1.60 to 8.40)	0.181
Health behaviors
Smoking status	−8.00*	(−13.83 to 2.18)	0.008
Veggie/fruit servings per day	5.10*	(1.28 to 8.93)	0.010
Subjective health
Self-reported anxiety score (GAD)	−0.48*	(−0.91 to 0.06)	0.027
Self-rated health (reference=excellent)
Good	6.77	(−2.55 to 16.08)	0.152
Some chronic issues	9.11	(−0.43 to 18.64)	0.061
Poor		(18.03 to 49.99)	0.002

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01.

BMI, body mass index; GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder; SCS, skin carotenoid score.