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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Jun 21;119(18):3393–3401. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28214

TABLE 2.

Functional Status and Lost Productivity in Individuals with and without a History of Cancer, Heart Disease, or Diabetes

History of Heart Disease History of Diabetes


Yes No Yes No




CA + HD (n = 1787) HD (n = 8484) CA (n = 3160) None (n = 55,903) CA + DB (n = 936) DB (n = 5936) CA (n = 4011) None (n = 58,451)
Functional status
 Limitation in physical functioning 20.4 (18.6–22.2) 17.4 (16.3–18.4) 13.3 (12.0–14.7) 10.5 (9.9–11.1) 19.7 (17.4–22.2) 16.1 (15.0–17.2) 14.2 (13.0–15.5) 11.6 (11.0–12.3)
 Limitation in physical functioning >3 mo 18.2 (16.6–19.9) 16.0 (15.1–17.0) 12.0 (10.8–13.3) 9.2 (8.6–9.8) 17.6 (15.5–20.0) 14.7 (13.7–15.8) 12.7 (11.7–13.9) 10.4 (9.8–11.0)
Lost productivity
 Employed in past 12 mo (age <65 y) 65.5 (59.5–70.9) 74.1 (72.1–76.0) 77.4 (74.6–80.0) 82.3 (81.6–82.9) 70.2 (63.6–76.1) 76.3 (74.0–78.4) 76.1 (73.4–78.6) 81.8 (81.1–82.4)
 Any limitation in work, housework, or school 17.1 (15.2–19.3) 14.0 (12.9–15.1) 10.1 (8.9–11.4) 6.5 (6.1–7.0) 15.7 (13.5–18.2) 12.4 (11.4–13.4) 10.9 (9.8–12.1) 7.7 (7.2–8.3)
 Completely unable to do activities 10.5 (9.1–12.0) 8.4 (7.6–9.2) 6.0 (5.1–7.0) 3.9 (3.6–4.2) 9.7 (8.1–11.6) 7.7 (7.0–8.5) 6.6 (5.7–7.5) 4.6 (4.3–5.0)
 Cognitive limitation 8.4 (7.0–10.0) 7.7 (7.0–8.6) 4.8 (4.0–5.8) 3.2 (3.0–3.5) 7.5 (6.0–9.3) 5.6 (4.9–6.4) 5.1 (4.3–6.0) 4.2 (3.9–4.5)

Data are presented as % (95% confidence interval). Predicted margins were determined using logistic regression models with age, comorbidities, race/ethnicity, and sex as covariates. Some samples were smaller based on missing data on specific outcomes. Heart disease and diabetes comparisons between chronic disease categories were statistically significant (P<.05).

Abbreviations: CA, cancer; DB, diabetes; HD, heart disease.