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. 2021 Dec 2;11:772261. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.772261

Table 8.

Multivariate regression results for the non-progressed and progressed subgroups with time on TTFields.

Multivariate regression Mobility Self-care Usual activities Pain/discomfort Anxiety/depression VAS
Effect SE p-value Effect SE p-value Effect SE p-value Effect SE p-value Effect SE p-value Effect SE p-value
Non-progressed
Gender
 Female (ref.)
 Male −0.063 0.083 0.9002 0.021 0.076 1.5748 0.089 0.096 0.7056 −0.019 0.065 1.5478 −0.028 0.070 1.3758 −0.284 1.649 1.7262
Age 0.021 0.003 <0.001 0.010 0.003 0.0006 0.014 0.004 <0.001 0.001 0.002 1.411 0.001 0.003 1.6354 −0.142 0.062 0.043
Current treatment
 TTFields only
 TTFields + others 0.062 0.088 0.962 0.048 0.081 1.1042 0.106 0.101 0.5918 0.084 0.068 0.4344 −0.014 0.074 1.695 −1.913 1.735 0.5406
Time on TTFields −0.001 0.003 1.5832 −0.006 0.003 0.137 −0.008 0.004 0.0846 −0.002 0.003 0.8242 −0.004 0.003 0.3104 0.151 0.065 0.0394
Gender
 Female (ref.)
 Male −0.068 0.083 0.8232 0.016 0.077 1.6668 0.082 0.096 0.7924 −0.025 0.065 1.397 −0.030 0.070 1.3306 −0.238 1.654 1.771
Age 0.021 0.003 <0.001 0.011 0.003 0.0004 0.015 0.004 <0.001 0.0011 0.002 1.3072 0.0009 0.003 1.4432 −0.154 0.062 0.0258
Current treatment
 TTFields only
 TTFields + others 0.064 0.091 0.9696 0.046 0.084 1.1766 0.096 0.105 0.719 0.098 0.071 0.3352 −0.005 0.077 1.9014 −1.838 1.795 0.6114
Log(Time on TTFields) −0.018 0.046 1.4058 −0.074 0.043 0.163 −0.117 0.053 0.0558 −0.018 0.036 1.2316 −0.040 0.039 0.5988 1.998 0.912 0.057
Progressed
Gender
 Female (ref.)
 Male 0.047 0.174 1.5754 0.130 0.181 0.947 0.203 0.169 0.456 −0.103 0.125 0.8248 −0.104 0.117 0.7458 −1.556 3.186 1.2504
Age 0.024 0.008 0.0022 0.020 0.008 0.025 0.025 0.007 0.0014 −0.005 0.005 0.79 −0.004 0.005 0.9358 −0.338 0.137 0.0274
Current treatment
 TTFields only
 TTFields + others −0.215 0.189 0.5096 −0.241 0.197 0.4418 −0.204 0.184 0.5362 0.136 0.137 0.6422 0.038 0.127 1.5252 5.722 3.494 0.203
Time on TTFields −0.015 0.006 0.0386 −0.021 0.007 0.003 −0.017 0.006 0.0142 −0.002 0.005 1.4742 0.001 0.004 1.67 0.271 0.118 0.044
Gender
 Female (ref.)
 Male 0.039 0.174 1.6426 0.118 0.181 1.0298 0.195 0.169 0.496 −0.109 0.125 0.7696 −0.107 0.117 0.7178 −1.351 3.200 1.346
Age 0.025 0.007 0.0014 0.020 0.008 0.0206 0.025 0.007 0.0014 −0.0041 0.005 0.9004 −0.0027 0.005 1.1764 −0.342 0.138 0.0262
Current treatment
 TTFields only
 TTFields + others −0.263 0.189 0.3284 −0.259 0.199 0.386 −0.214 0.186 0.4986 0.119 0.138 0.7782 −0.018 0.128 1.7724 5.304 3.530 0.266
Log(Time on TTFields) −0.240 0.088 0.0126 −0.274 0.092 0.0058 −0.213 0.086 0.026 −0.035 0.063 1.1624 −0.061 0.060 0.6092 2.540 1.633 0.2396

Entries with light shading denote statistically significant deterioration, while those with dark shading indicate statistically significant improvement. Within the EQ-5D subscales (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression), lower scores indicate less impairment and higher scores more impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). For EQ-VAS, higher values indicate improved self-rated health and lower values indicate worse self-rated health. Quoted p-values = raw p-vales × 2 to adjust for multiple comparisons.

VAS, visual analogue scale; TTFields, tumor treating fields.