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Table 2.

Differences in quality of life by sociodemographics and clinical characteristics (N = 436)

		Emotional wellbeing			Social functioning			Pain			General health
Characteristics		Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P
Gender	Male	63.7	19.7	0.479	55.7	26.8	0.470	56.0	27.0	0.020	51.7	16.7	0.528
Gender	Female	62.3	20.4		57.7	27.7		49.7	26.8		50.5	18.3
Elderly	No	62.1	20.9	0.374	58.9	27.2	0.065	51.4	27.7	0.557	52.2	18.0	0.054
Elderly	Yes	63.9	18.9		53.9	27.4		52.9	25.9		48.9	17.1
University	No	62.2	19.9	0.344	56.8	27.8	0.786	50.2	27.3	0.030	49.6	17.9	0.009
University	Yes	64.3	20.7		57.6	26.2		56.4	26.0		54.4	17.0
Employed	No	62.8	19.6	0.978	57.7	26.6	0.389	51.5	26.1	0.584	49.9	17.5	0.054
Employed	Yes	62.9	21.7		55.1	29.3		53.2	29.6		53.7	18.2
Married	No	62.5	19.9	0.848	60.0	26.7	0.218	53.9	25.8	0.421	52.3	17.4	0.379
Married	Yes	62.9	20.3		56.1	27.5		51.4	27.4		50.5	17.9
Obese	No	63.0	19.7	0.729	56.2	27.7	0.493	53.4	27.5	0.150	51.0	17.6	0.633
Obese	Yes	62.2	20.1		58.3	27.2		49.0	25.7		50.0	17.9
Family history of cancer	No	64.4	19.9	0.011	58.7	28.0	0.028	54.3	28.0	0.002*	51.7	17.5	0.149
Family history of cancer	Yes	58.9	20.5		52.6	25.1		46.2	23.5		49.0	18.4
1st year after cancer diagnosis	No	63.4	20.9	0.542	58.2	28.0	0.358	51.9	27.5	0.954	51.8	17.4	0.331
1st year after cancer diagnosis	Yes	62.2	19.6		55.8	26.7		51.8	26.5		50.1	18.0
Cancer types	Breast	61.4	20.0	0.161	58.4	28.2	0.278	49.0	26.6	0.073	50.7	19.2	0.564
	Colorectal	65.7	20.3		54.6	24.0		52.7	26.2		50.0	14.8
	Leukemia	60.9	21.8		56.6	27.4		56.8	25.0		49.1	20.6
	Lymphoma	67.1	21.6		64.2	28.7		60.8	29.3		54.9	16.1
	Others	60.5	18.5		54.5	28.8		49.6	27.5		51.2	18.2
Stage III/IV	I/II	64.0	18.7	0.011	61.8	23.9	0.001*	55.4	25.5	0.001*	53.3	16.0	0.001*
Stage III/IV	III/IV	58.4	21.7		50.7	29.4		43.8	26.7		46.5	18.2
Multiple tumors	No	64.5	19.7	0.003	59.4	26.3	0.004	55.6	26.5	0.001*	52.7	17.1	0.001*
Multiple tumors	Yes	58.3	20.7		51.2	28.8		42.6	25.9		46.5	18.4
Cancer surgery	No	63.4	18.5	0.589	55.7	28.2	0.348	52.4	26.7	0.753	49.7	17.7	0.190
Cancer surgery	Yes	62.3	21.4		58.1	26.6		51.6	27.4		52.0	17.8
Chemotherapy	No	63.9	21.1	0.527	59.2	26.9	0.365	58.2	28.8	0.008	51.6	18.6	0.678
Chemotherapy	Yes	62.5	19.9		56.3	27.5		50.1	26.2		50.7	17.5
Radiation therapy	No	65.3	19.2	0.005	57.6	27.1	0.645	55.1	26.3	0.006	52.4	17.4	0.054
Radiation therapy	Yes	59.9	21.0		56.3	27.8		48.0	27.3		49.1	18.1
Immunotherapy	No	64.5	19.3	0.073	57.4	26.4	0.771	56.9	25.8	0.001*	51.4	17.3	0.615
Immunotherapy	Yes	61.1	20.9		56.6	28.4		47.9	27.2		50.6	18.3
Antibodies	No	63.4	20.4	0.333	57.5	27.5	0.332	53.0	26.1	0.431	51.1	17.5	0.993
Antibodies	Yes	61.3	19.0		54.5	27.5		50.4	29.6		51.0	19.2
Metastasis	No	64.9	20.2	0.001*	59.9	26.5	0.001*	56.3	26.2	0.001*	53.6	17.0	0.001*
Metastasis	Yes	58.1	19.4		50.3	28.2		42.1	26.3		44.8	17.9
Fever	No	66.4	18.5	0.001*	59.7	26.4	0.010	57.1	26.2	0.001*	54.1	17.8	0.001*
Fever	Yes	57.4	21.4		52.8	28.4		44.1	26.4		46.1	16.6
Family support	No	59.5	24.8	0.292	57.4	28.2	0.919	54.5	30.3	0.547	48.8	17.0	0.440
Family support	Yes	63.1	19.7		57.0	27.3		51.7	26.7		51.1	17.8
Chronic disease other than cancer	No	63.3	19.8	0.508	57.5	27.0	0.609	54.3	27.0	0.018	52.9	17.6	0.003
Chronic disease other than cancer	Yes	62.0	20.8		56.1	28.0		48.1	26.8		47.7	17.6
Regular exercise	No	60.8	20.7	0.003	53.7	27.4	0.001*	48.2	26.7	0.001*	48.4	17.9	0.001*
Regular exercise	Yes	66.9	18.4		63.8	26.0		59.7	26.1		56.2	16.3

*The variable is significant using Bonferroni correction cut-off at α/n = 0.05/24 = 0.0021, where n is the number of tests, P=P-value.