Table 5

Ordered Logistic Regression Model EQ5D in colorectal patients (n=485, pseudo R²=0.18, p<0.001)

Characteristic	OR	95% CI		p Value
Age (years)
<55	REF
55–64	1.28	0.59	2.75	0.53
65–74	1.16	0.57	2.35	0.69
75–84	1.23	0.57	2.64	0.59
85+	2.45	0.93	6.41	0.07
Sex
Male	REF
Female	1.22	0.81	1.82	0.34
Deprivation
1 least deprived	REF
2	0.83	0.48	1.43	0.50
3	0.57	0.33	1.00	0.05
4	0.62	0.34	1.13	0.12
5 most deprived	1.17	0.58	2.34	0.66
Physical activity*	0.83	0.76	0.90	<0.001
Number of other LTC(excl BP)
0	REF
1	2.09	1.29	3.37	<0.001
2+	4.83	2.85	8.21	<0.001
Treatment†
Surgery only	REF
Radio+chemo+surgery	1.15	0.60	2.21	0.67
Chemo+surgery	1.35	0.85	2.17	0.21
Other	1.58	0.77	3.22	0.21
Ethnicity
White	REF
Mixed	1.72	0.24	12.42	0.59
Asian	1.99	0.46	8.54	0.36
Black	1.14	0.26	4.92	0.86
Other	1.72	0.24	12.42	0.59
Disease status
Remission	REF
Rx but present	7.03	2.44	20.21	<0.001
Not treated	0.16	0.01	2.63	0.20
Recurrence	4.56	1.54	13.49	0.01
Not sure	2.67	1.23	5.79	0.01
Stoma
No	REF
Yes	1.32	0.80	2.19	0.27
Difficulty controlling bowels
No	REF
Yes	2.30	1.43	3.72	<0.001
Leak urine
No	REF
Yes	1.41	0.87	2.30	0.16
Time since diagnosis (years)
1	REF
2	0.72	0.42	1.22	0.22
3	1.03	0.59	1.81	0.92
5	0.85	0.49	1.48	0.56

*Amount of physical activity performed each week quantified according to the Chief Medical Officer of England's recommendations.16
†Odds of reporting ‘medium’ or ‘low’ QoL EQ5D scores compared with ‘high’ QoL scores where ‘high’, ‘medium’ and ‘low’ QoL was defined as scores=1, 0.5≤scores<1 and scores<0.5, respectively.
LTC, long-term condition; QoL, quality of life.