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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2019 Jun 27;125(19):3418–3427. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32338

TABLE 2.

Factors Associated With Probable Depression

Variable Odds Ratio Marginal Effect Variable Odds Ratio Marginal Effect
Race Educational attainment
 White American (referent)  High school or less
 African American 1.33a (1.07 to 1.66) 0.05a (0.01 to 0.09)  More than high school 0.95 (0.75 to 1.21) −0.01 (−0.05 to 0.03)
Marital status Residence
 Currently married (referent)  Mostly urban (referent)
 Previously/never married 1.19 (0.91 to 1.56) 0.03 (−0.02 to 0.08)  Mostly rural 0.88 (0.69 to 1.12) −0.02 (−0.06 to 0.02)
Age at enrollment 0.98a (0.97 to 0.99) −0.003a (−0.01 to −0.001) Has treatment decisional regret
 No (referent)
 Yes 3.31b (2.23 to 4.92) 0.23b (0.15 to 0.32)
Received a clinical diagnosis of depression before enrollment Probable depression in any prior survey wave
 No (referent)  None (referent)
 Yes 2.44b (1.82 to 3.27) 0.17b (0.11 to 0.23)  1 or more 4.37b (3.39 to 5.64) 0.29b (0.24 to 0.34)
Time since cancer diagnosis Employment status
 0-12 mo (referent)  Retired (referent)
 13-24 mo 0.73 (0.43 to 1.23) −0.06 (−0.15 to 0.04)  Employed/yet to retire 1.28 (1.00 to 1.64) 0.04 (−0.001 to 0.08)
 25-36 mo 0.57a (0.34 to 0.95) −0.10a (−0.19 to −0.01)  Unemployed 1.74b (1.18 to 2.56) 0.10b (0.02 to 0.17)
 37-48 mo 0.44b (0.27 to 0.69) −0.14b (−0.22 to −0.06) Annual income
 $70,000 (referent)
 49-60 mo 0.42b (0.26 to 0.67) −0.15b (−0.22 to −0.07)  $40,001-$70,000 1.26 (0.96 to 1.65) 0.04 (−0.01 to 0.08)
 61-72 mo 0.34b (0.20 to 0.58) −0.17b (−0.25 to −0.09)  $20,001-$40,000 1.28 (0.93 to 1.76) 0.04 (−0.01 to 0.09)
 73-84 mo 0.33b (0.16 to 0.66) −0.18b (−0.28 to −0.08)  ≤$20,000 1.57a (1.03 to 2.39) 0.08a (0.002 to 0.15)
Cancer stage at diagnosis Charlson Comorbidity Index
 T1: a-c (referent)  0-1 (referent)
 T2/T3: a-c 1.03 (0.84 to 1.26) 0.01 (−0.03 to 0.04)  ≥2 1.59b (1.28 to 1.96) 0.08b (0.04 to 0.12)
Has emotional support Adherent to exercise recommendations
 No (referent)  No (referent)
 Yes 1.11 (0.73 to 1.68) 0.02 (−0.05 to 0.09)  Yes 0.67b (0.55 to 0.82) −0.07b (−0.10 to −0.03)
Current tobacco use Current alcohol use
 No (referent)  No (referent)
 Yes 1.13 (0.85 to 1.50) 0.02 (−0.03 to 0.07)  Yes 1.07 (0.87 to 1.33) 0.01 (−0.02 to 0.05)

There were 1024 participants and 3128 participant observations. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals are presented in parentheses. Fifty imputed data sets were used.

a

P ≤ .05.

b

P ≤ .01.