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. 2019 Jul-Sep;6(3):253–260. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_7_19

Table 2.

Multivariate associations of neuropathy and demographic and cancer-related factors with falls in cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Predictor Estimated adjusted OR

OR 95% CI P
Age: >65 vs. <65 yearsa 0.748 0.192 2.905 0.675
Educational level: ≤ high school vs. ≥college 0.361 0.103 1.269 0.112
Employment: Unemployed vs. employed 1.162 0.399 3.379 0.783
Metastasis: Yes vs. no 0.139 0.008 2.507 0.181
Total dose of taxane anticancer agents 0.999 0.999 1.000 0.296
NCI-CTCAE vs. 4.0 grade: >2 vs. 1 4.012 0.831 19.372 0.084
Total score of FACT/GOG-NTX 0.962 0.903 1.025 0.232
Frequency of any functional impairment: Yes vs. nob 1.528 0.434 5.386 0.509

a≥65 years=0, <65 years=1, bYes>1. NCI-CTCAE: National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, FACT/GOG-NTX: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity, OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval