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Table 5 Regression analyses for oral impact on daily performance

From: Oral health related quality of life in long-term survivors of head and neck cancer compared to a general population from the seventh Tromsø study

 

HN cohort

No problems vs. problems

T7 cohort

No problems vs. problems

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Reduced model

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Full model

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Gender

Male

1.00

  

1.00

 

Female

1.18 (0.55–2.51)

  

0.87 (0.81–0.93)

 

Age group

 < 60 years

4.85 (1.05–22.22)

  

1.25 (1.11–1.42)

1.65 (1.43–1.90)

60–69 years

0.70 (0.321.51)

  

1.15 (1.01–1.31)

1.27 (1.10–1.47)

 ≥ 70 years

1.00

  

1.00

1.00

Education

No university degree

0.98 (0.47–2.07)

  

1.01 (0.94–1.09)

0.84 (0.76–0.93)

University degree

1.00

  

1.00

1.00

General health

Good

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderate

4.75 (1.85–12.20)

3.54 (1.29–9.69)

4.28 (1.43–12.83)

1.60 (1.48–1.74)

1.18 (1.05–1.32)

Poor

10.27 (1.33–77.32)

6.28 (0.75–2.33)

6.02 (0.68–53.45)

2.67 (2.31–3.08)

1.81 (1.48–2.22)

Dental health

Good

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderate

2.26 (0.96–5.31)

1.93 (0.74–5.00)

2.60 (0.91–7.48)

3.12 (2.86–3.39)

2.84 (2.54–3.18)

Poor

10.75 (2.42–47.65)

6.78 (1.44–31.92)

9.04 (1.77–46.13)

12.54 (11.14–14.10)

11.42 (9.79–13.33)

Dental visits

 > 1/year

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1/year

0.21 (0.09–0.47)

0.23 (0.09–0.56)

0.29 (0.11–0.77)

0.52 (0.47–0.57)

0.65 (0.58–0.74)

 ≤ 1/2nd year

0.74 (0.20–2.81)

0.58 (0.13–2.54)

1.10 (0.21–5.82)

1.02 (0.92–1.12)

0.84 (0.73–0.96)

Diagnosis

Before 2010

1.00

    

2010–2014

1.58 (0.67–3.70)

    

2015–2020

2.35 (0.87–6.36)

    

Cancer location

Oral cavity

6.01 (2.01–17.92)

 

7.19 (2.00–25.83)

  

Pharynx

3.97 (1.70–9.27)

 

6.22 (2.13–18.16)

  

Hypopharynx/Larynx

1.00

 

1.00

  

Cancer treatment

Surgery

1.00

    

Radiation

2.80 (0.65–12.06)

    

Radiation + 

4.47 (1.55–12.93)

    

Recurrence

No

1.00

    

Yes

0.95 (0.40–2.27)

    

Model summary

Nagelkerke R-square

 

R2 = 0.29

R2 = 0.38

 

R2 = 0.18

Hosmer and Lemeshow test

 

P = 0.798

P = 0.425

 

P = 0.521

Omnibus Test

 

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

 

P < 0.001

  1. Numbers in bold indicate statistically significant associations