Health behaviors of caregivers of childhood cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)^a for health behaviors of caregivers of childhood cancer survivors as compared to the health behaviors of controls

	Controls	Caregivers	p-value*	Unadjusted analysis		Multivariable adjusted analysis
	N (%)	N (%)	p-value*	OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI) †	p-value
All subjects
Current smoking	239 (18.3)	49 (15.0)	0.163	0.76 (0.53,1.09)	0.134	0.79 (0.54,1.13)	0.197
Binge drinking	256 (19.6)	120 (36.8)	< 0.001	2.38 (1.83,3.10)	< 0.001	2.26 (1.73,2.97)	< 0.001
Physical inactivity	992 (76.1)	239 (73.3)	0.300	0.86 (0.65,1.14)	0.297	0.69 (0.51,0.92)	0.013
Male
Current smoking	197 (40.7)	42 (34.7)	0.228	0.77 (0.53, 1.17)	0.222	0.73 (0.47,1.13)	0.161
Binge drinking	48 (9.9)	71 (58.7)	< 0.001	13.41 (8.16, 22.04)	< 0.001	13.59 (8.09,22.82)	< 0.001
Physical inactivity	358 (74.0)	89 (73.6)	0.926	0.98 (0.62, 1.55)	0.925	0.76 (0.47,1.24)	0.269
Female
Current smoking	42 (5.1)	7 (3.4)	0.305	0.65 (0.29,1.48)	0.306	0.56 (0.24,1.29)	0.172
Binge drinking	208 (25.4)	49 (23.9)	0.665	0.92 (0.65,1.32)	0.665	0.87 (0.61,1.26)	0.474
Physical inactivity	634 (77.3)	150 (73.2)	0.211	0.80 (0.56,1.13)	0.208	0.65 (0.45,0.94)	0.022

Binge drinking: ≥5 drinks per occasion for females and ≥ 7 drinks per occasion for males. Physical inactivity: exercise < 3 times per week
N Number, OR Odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence intervals
*obtained by Pearson’s chi-square tests
†adjusted for income, number of comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, or cardiovascular disease), and previous cancer diagnosis
^aestimated by conditional logistic regression after matching for age, sex, and education level

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