Table 2:

Patient and disease characteristics, treatment details, and follow up data

		Mean value by MDASI-HN-S			Mean value by composite MDADI
		0–5	6–10	p value	<60	≥60	p value
Age (years)
Mean	56.5	56.4	56.4	0.939	56.5	56.4	0.907
Radiation dose (Gray)
Mean	68.2	68.1	68.7	0.017	68.8	68.0	0.003
BED with time
Mean	55.3	54.5	58.6	0.085	59.7	54.3	0.003
Radiation fractions
Mean	32.5	32.3	33.3	0.001	33.5	32.3	0.000
Time since treatment (years)
Mean	6.7	6.6	7.4	0.026	7.4	6.6	0.027
Weight change*
Mean	−7.2	−6.2	−11.8	<0.001	−10.9	−6.5	<0.001
EQ-5D VAS
Mean	80.2	83.5	63.4	<0.001	64.5	83.2	<0.001

*Weight change from diagnosis to time of survey