Table 4 Determinants of health behaviour clusters in survivors only (adjusted multinomial logistic regression model)

From: Clustering of health behaviours in adult survivors of childhood cancer and the general population

 

Cluster D1 ‘risk-avoiding’ ( n =352)

Cluster D2 ‘moderate drinking’ ( n =327)

Cluster D3 ‘risk-taking’ ( n =114)

Cluster D4 ‘smoking’ ( n =42)

 
 

Reference

OR a

95% CI

OR a

95% CI

OR a

95% CI

P -value b

Gender

 Male

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

<0.001

 Female

 

0.33

(0.23–0.47)

0.17

(0.10–0.28)

0.33

(0.16–0.67)

 

Diagnosis

 Leukaemia

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

0.122

 Lymphoma

 

0.74

(0.46–1.19)

1.13

(0.61–2.09)

0.91

(0.33–2.51)

 

 CNS tumour

 

0.38

(0.20–0.77)

0.26

(0.09–0.76)

0.55

(0.16–1.96)

 

 Other solid tumoursc

 

0.83

(0.55–1.25)

0.72

(0.40–1.31)

1.04

(0.42–2.54)

 

Therapy

 Surgery only

 

2.08

(1.02–4.24)

2.94

(1.13–7.63)

5.77

(1.55–21.4)

0.003

 Chemotherapy, but no radiotherapy

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Any radiotherapy

 

0.77

(0.51–1.16)

0.59

(0.33–1.06)

1.47

(0.60–3.62)

 

 BMT

 

0.85

(0.48–1.50)

0.55

(0.23–1.28)

3.60

(1.27–10.2)

 

Relapse

 No

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

0.064

 Yes

 

0.52

(0.32–0.87)

0.57

(0.27–1.18)

0.56

(0.21–1.47)

 

Migration background

 No

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

0.009

 Yes

 

0.71

(0.47–1.08)

0.76

(0.42–1.38)

2.60

(1.23–5.49)

 

Income

 Unemployed

 

0.34

(0.22–0.66)

0.25

(0.10–0.60)

0.18

(0.04–0.85)

0.001

 0–3000 CHF

 

0.72

(0.48–1.10)

0.86

(0.48–1.54)

0.92

(0.40–2.14)

 

 3001–6000 CHF

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

  

 >6000 CHF

 

2.02

(1.09–7.67)

1.89

(0.61–5.82)

0.94

(0.10–8.69)

 

Education

 Compulsory schooling

 

0.43

(0.21–0.89)

0.74

(0.31–1.79)

1.69

(0.59–4.85)

0.102

 Vocational training

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Upper secondaryd

 

1.22

(0.83–1.80)

1.14

(0.67–1.96)

0.75

(0.31–1.80)

 

 University

 

1.44

(0.73–2.81)

0.76

(0.26–2.22)

0.33

(0.04–2.86)

 

Parent’s education e

 Compulsory schooling

 

1.08

(0.57–2.06)

0.73

(0.27–1.99)

2.51

(0.93–6.80)

0.483

 Vocational training

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Higher secondaryd

 

1.27

(0.86–1.87)

0.99

(0.57–1.71)

1.97

(0.84–4.64)

 

 University

 

1.76

(0.97–3.17)

1.83

(0.83–4.03)

1.05

(0.20–5.46)

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMT=bone marrow transplantation; CHF=Swiss Francs; CI=confidence interval; CNS=central nervous system; CHF=Swiss Francs; OR=odds ratio.
  2. aAdjusted for all factors listed and age at survey. Reference group for ORs is the ‘risk-avoiding’ Cluster D1, for example, the odds of belonging to Cluster D2 rather than to Cluster D1 (probability of Cluster D2/probability of Cluster D1) among females is 0.33 times that among males.
  3. bP-value of likelihood-ratio test.
  4. cIncludes neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumour, liver tumour, germ cell tumour, epithelial neoplasms, malignant melanomas, unspecified malignant tumours and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
  5. dHigher secondary education includes high school, teachers training colleges, technical colleges and higher vocational education.
  6. The highest level of education of either father or mother.
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