Table 4. Adjusted OR of very early and early death among ovarian cancer patients: clinical risk factors (prediagnosis).
| Variables | Death within 3 mon vs. alive after 6 mon | Death within 6 mon vs. alive after 6 mon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value | |||
| Lifestyle characteristics | ||||||
| Alcohol consumption* | ||||||
| No | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Low | 0.517 (0.362–0.737) | 0.0003 | 0.563 (0.421–0.753) | <0.001 | ||
| Moderate | 0.488 (0.285–0.834) | 0.0088 | 0.592 (0.387–0.907) | 0.016 | ||
| Severe | 0.786 (0.485–1.272) | 0.3263 | 0.691 (0.449–1.064) | 0.093 | ||
| BMI† | ||||||
| <18.5 | 2.154 (1.504–3.084) | <0.0001 | 2.356 (1.732–3.205) | <0.001 | ||
| 18.5–24 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 25–29 | 0.630 (0.478–0.830) | 0.0010 | 0.672 (0.534–0.846) | 0.001 | ||
| 30–34 | 0.777 (0.525–1.150) | 0.2077 | 0.887 (0.064–1.220) | 0.460 | ||
| ≥35 | 1.418 (0.889–2.261) | 0.1426 | 1.328 (0.886–1.989) | 0.169 | ||
| Smoking‡ | ||||||
| Never | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ex-smoker | 1.248 (0.956–1.624) | 0.0999 | 1.182 (0.966–1.476) | 0.141 | ||
| Current smoker | 1.526 (1.144–2.035) | 0.0041 | 1.277 (0.995–1.640) | 0.054 | ||
| Education§ | ||||||
| Municipal primary and lower secondary school | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| High school | 1.175 (0.600–1.302) | 0.6377 | 1.081 (0.602–1.940) | 0.795 | ||
| Further education | 0.636 (0.500–0.809) | 0.0002 | 0.686 (0.561–0.839) | 0.000 | ||
| Medium length education | 0.622 (0.448–0.863) | 0.0045 | 0.670 (0.511–0.879) | 0.004 | ||
| Higher education/scientist | 0.758 (0.399–1.440) | 0.3980 | 0.758 (0.441–1.301) | 0.315 | ||
| Country of origin∥ | ||||||
| Denmark | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Western | 0.608 (0.257–1.435) | 0.2560 | 0.516 (0.224–1.186) | 0.119 | ||
| Non-Western | 0.843 (0.434–1.632) | 0.6115 | 0.611 (0.328–1.137) | 0.120 | ||
| Work¶ | ||||||
| In employment | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Unemployed | 0.627 (0.084–4.693) | 0.6500 | 1.094 (0.387–3.089) | 0.866 | ||
| Retirement pension | 9.731 (6.413–14.760) | <0.0001 | 6.369 (4.760–8.521) | <0.001 | ||
| Employment and support allowance | 5.888 (3.369–10.292) | <0.0001 | 3.882 (2.527–5.964) | <0.001 | ||
| Income (USD)** | ||||||
| <22.536 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 22,536–28,700 | 0.679 (0.524–0.880) | 0.0035 | 0.654 (0.523–0.818) | 0.000 | ||
| 28,701–39,360 | 0.686 (0.508–0.925) | 0.0135 | 0.696 (0.542–0.895) | 0.005 | ||
| >39,360 | 0.400 (0.263–0.608) | <0.0001 | 0.467 (0.336–0.649) | <0.001 | ||
| Disposable income (USD)†† | ||||||
| <26,590 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 26,591–38,610 | 0.712 (0.530–0.956) | 0.0239 | 0.826 (0.645–1.057) | 0.129 | ||
| 38,611–59,200 | 0.740 (0.511–1.070) | 0.1099 | 0.825 (0.606–1.123) | 0.222 | ||
| >59,200 | 0.470 (0.278–0.795) | 0.0049 | 0.546 (0.357–0.835) | 0.005 | ||
| Family type† | ||||||
| Couple | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Living alone | 1.938 (1.564–2.400) | <0.0001 | 1.866 (1.559–2.233) | <0.001 | ||
BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; OCCI, ovarian cancer comorbidity index; OR, odds ratio.
*Adjusted for age, smoking, BMI, OCCI, CCI and education; †Adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, OCCI, CCI and education; ‡Adjusted for age, BMI, alcohol consumption, OCCI, CCI, and education; §Adjusted for age and country of origin; ∥Adjusted for age; ¶Adjusted for age, education and country of origin; **Adjusted for age, education, country of origin and work; ††Adjusted for age, education, country of origin, work and family type.