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. 2020 Sep 9;10(9):e032748. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032748

Table 3.

Factors associated with functional status determined by using KPS among patients with primary brain tumour

S# Variables PR and 95% CI P value (z) P value (F)
1 Current employment status
Able to work * 1
Unable to work 2.56 (0.95–6.92) 0.063
Unpaid (student/retired/housewives) 2.66 (1.07–6.66) 0.034
2 Treatment stage
Underwent surgery only 7.17 (2.88–17.89) <0.001 <0.001
Referral given to oncology after surgery 1.91 (0.55–6.64) 0.306
Oncology treatment started/continued 1.86 (0.59–5.79) 0.282
Treatment completed/follow-ups * 1
3 Tumour recurrence
Yes 1.97 (0.89–4.35) 0.09
No* 1

*Reference category which was kept as reference in analysis.

KPS, Karnofsky Performance Scores; PR, prevalence ratio.