Table 4.

factors associated with disease comorbidity among cancer patients (n=398)

Factor	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex
Female	1.00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Male	1.10 (0.72-1.67)	0.672	0.70 (0.33-1.47)	0.347
Age
18-24	1.00 (ref) *		1.00 (ref) *
25-34	1.21 (0.43-3.38)	0.717	0.82 (0.19-�3.55)	0.794
35-44	1.50 (0.58-3.91)	0.403	1.25 (0.31-�4.99)	0.751
45-54	1.55 (0.60-4.00)	0.366	1.73 (0.42-�7.14)	0.449
55-64	0.84 (0.31-2.32)	0.743	0.74(0.11-3.28)	0.690
Socioeconomic status
Highest	1.00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Higher	1.41 (0.72-2.74)	0.316	1.91 (0.83-4.43)	0.130
High	0.83 (0.45-1.52)	0.538	1.09 (0.472.51)	0.845
Middle	0.86 (0.49-1.50)	0.595	1.24 (0.55-2.82)	0.608
Low	0.57 (0.26�1.26)	0.168	1.05 (0.35 -3.14)	0.934
Education
No education	1.00(ref) *		1.00 (ref) *
Secondary	1.37 (0.75 -2.50)	0.304	1.18 (0.51-2.75)	0.701
Occupation
No employment	1:00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Formal employment	2.69 (1.21-5.99)	0.015	4.36 (1.51-11.57)	0.006
BMI
underweight	1:00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
obesity	2.05 (0.85-4.93)	0.111	3.80 (1.23-11.73)	0.020
Alcohol history
Never	1.00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Ever alcohol	1.40 (0.82-2.4)	0.215	1.17 (0.46-2.96)	0.740
Current alcohol	1.79 (0.47-6.90)	0.393	2.25 (0.37-13.72)	0.380
Smoking history
Never	1.00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Ever smoke	1.29 (0.69-2.40)	0.420	1.56 (0.60-4.04)	0.362
Current smoker	1.08 (0.25 -4.58)	0.921	1.91 (0.20-17.98)	0.572
Cancer diagnosis
Kaposi sarcoma	1.00 (ref)*		1.00 (ref)*
Cervical	0.43 (0.23-0.82)	0.011	0.40 (0.17-0.92)	0.032
Esophageal	0.19 (0.06-0.56)	0.003	0.17 (0.05-0.58)	0.005
Bladder	0.16 (0.07-0.72)	0.025	0.40 (0.03-0.54)	0.015
Breast	0.16 (0.07-0.36)	0.025	0.09 (0.03-0.25)	0.000