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Table 4 Health related quality of life by sex

From: Sex and gender differences in treatment intention, quality of life and performance status in the first 100 patients with periampullary cancer enrolled in the CHAMP study

 

Women

Men

P-valuea

N

49

51

 

Global Health Score

 Median (IQR)

42 (0–92)

58 (0–100)

0.271

Missing

16

11

Physical functioning

 Median (IQR)

73 (53–80)

80 (60–88)

0.075

Missing

16

9

Role functioning

 Median (IQR)

50 (33–67)

67 (33–88)

0.076

Missing

16

9

Emotional functioning

 Median (IQR)

58 (50–75)

71 (67–92)

0.011

Missing

16

11

Cognitive functioning

 Median (IQR)

83 (58–100)

100 (71–100)

0.013

Missing

16

11

Social functioning

 Median(IQR)

50.0 (33–75)

67 (50–83)

0.243

Missing

16

11

Fatigue

 Median (IQR)

56 (33–78)

33 (33–56)

0.020

Missing

16

9

Nausea and vomiting

 Median (IQR)

17 (0–33)

0 (0–17)

 < 0.001

Missing

16

9

Pain

 Median (IQR)

33 (17–83)

33 (13–50)

0.164

Missing

16

9

Dyspnea

 Median (IQR)

0 (0–33)

33 (0–33)

0.872

Missing

16

9

Insomnia

 Median (IQR)

33 (0–68)

17 (0–33)

0.017

Missing

16

9

Loss of appetite

 Median (IQR)

67 (33–100)

33 (0–42)

0.004

Missing

16

9

Constipation

 Median (IQR)

33 (0–67)

33 (0–33)

0.125

Missing

16

9

Diarrhea

 Median (IQR)

0 (0–50)

0 (0.0–33)

0.750

Missing

16

11

Financial difficulties

 Median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.886

Missing

18

9

  1. Abbreviation: IQR interquartile range
  2. aNon-parametric test for continuous variables