Table 2.

Relationship between survivors’ characteristics and QOL

Predictor	Unadjusted		Adjusted*
	Coefficient†	P value	Coefficient†	P value
HL score	−2.11	<0.0001	−2.07	<0.0001
Age	−0.25	<0.0001	−0.16	0.0053
Sex, female	−3.92	<0.0001	−5.02	0.0002
Race/ethnicity	2.10	0.5854	6.41	0.1819
Marriage	−3.01	0.0051	−2.14	0.0710
Education	−0.28	0.6316	−1.38	0.3190
Annual income	0.42	0.7664	0.81	0.6044
Family income	−0.03	0.9694	0.53	0.5521
Insurance status	−1.67	0.1263	−0.09	0.9346
Years with cancer (per year)	−0.23	0.0002	−0.04	0.5401
Number of chronic diseases	−5.79	<0.0001	−4.87	<0.0001
Smoking habit	1.35	0.015	−1.23	0.1210
Alcohol intake	3.38	<0.0001	2.07	0.0240
Physical activity	4.07	<0.0001	3.15	<0.0001
Treatment regimen	−0.004	0.985	0.16	0.4474
District	0.63	<0.0001	0.48	<0.0001
Body mass index	1.14	0.0305	2.18	<0.0001

*Adjusted for age, sex, race, marriage, income, education, insurance, years with cancer, treatment regimen, district, number of chronic diseases, smoking habit, alcohol use, physical activity and body mass index.

†All coefficients correspond to a change in QOL score for a unit change of each covariate.

HL, health literacy; QOL, quality of life.