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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Dec;15(12):1503–1508. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7017

Table 3. Associations of MPN Demographics with Physical Problem List Variables.

Fatigue Sleep Pain Skin Dry/Itchy Tingling Memory/Concentration Feeling Swollen Breathing Sexual









Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No









Age M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t M(SD) M(SD) t









56.9
(13.9)
57.8
(15.8)
0.228 57.4
(14.0)
57.4
(15.4)
1.265 61.6
(15.8)
56.4
(14.2)
1.265 58.65
(17.0)
57.47
(14.4)
-0.323 56.7
(16.0)
57.9
(14.6)
0.302 53.56
(17.59)
58.45
(14.18)
1.291 54.83
(17.15)
58.01
(14.55)
0.702 49.6
(17.0)
58.5
(14.4)
1.941 51.33
(19.1)
58.18
(14.6)
1.056
n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2 n n χ2









Race/ Ethnicity 1.227 3.777* 5.769* 0.101 4.972* 1.049 0.077 0.077 1.450
 Caucasian 26 44 18 51 13 57 15 71 10 76 12 74 8 78 8 78 8 62
 Non-Caucasian 12 12 11 12 10 13 4 23 8 19 6 21 3 24 3 24 4 16
Gender 0.010 2.810 0.030 0.911 3.238 0.221 0.027 0.759 3.735
 Female 22 33 21 34 13 41 14 55 8 61 10 59 7 62 8 61 4 49
 Male 16 23 8 29 10 29 6 39 11 34 8 37 5 40 3 42 8 29
Married 7.028** 0.858 3.280 0.366 1.817 0.230 2.902 1.815 1.079
 Yes 17 41 16 43 11 49 11 60 9 62 10 61 5 66 5 66 5 52
 No 19 14 11 19 11 20 8 32 9 31 7 33 7 33 5 34 5 26
Employed 0.605 3.587 2.276 0.043 0.090 0.287 0.524 0.524 0.564
 Yes 20 34 12 41 10 43 11 52 10 53 9 54 5 58 5 58 8 42
 No 18 22 16 23 13 27 8 42 9 41 9 41 6 44 6 44 4 35
Disease Type 2.469 1.117 4.823 4.674 7.984* 3.134 6.138 2.521 8.811*
 PV 12 15 8 18 5 22 9 25 6 28 7 27 2 32 3 31 8 19
 ET 8 19 10 17 4 23 3 28 1 30 2 29 2 29 2 29 1 26
 MF 10 14 6 18 8 16 4 27 6 25 6 25 4 27 3 28 2 22
 Other 7 6 5 8 5 7 4 10 5 9 3 11 4 10 3 11 1 9
Time with MPN 0.530 5.789 2.436 3.325 0.969 3.423 2.395 2.513 1.143
 <1 year 2 4 1 5 1 5 0 8 2 6 0 8 1 7 1 7 0 5
 1-3 years 8 11 4 15 4 15 4 17 3 18 2 19 2 19 2 19 3 16
 3-5 years 7 14 4 15 5 15 5 20 3 22 5 20 3 22 2 23 3 18
 5-10 years 10 11 10 11 3 16 6 15 4 17 6 16 1 20 3 18 2 18
 >10 years 9 12 9 13 8 15 5 26 5 26 5 26 4 27 2 29 3 17

Abbreviations: ET, Essential Thrombocythemia; MF, myelofibrosis; MPN, Myeloproliferative Neoplasm; PV, Polycythemia Vera; SD, standard deviation; T, t-test statistic; χ2 chi squared test statistic.

p<.1,

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001