Double Jeopardy? Age, Race, and HRQOL in Older Adults with Cancer

Table 3

Adjusted mean HRQOL scores^† by demographic, health, and psychosocial characteristics.

	Overall		Breast		Prostate		Colorectal		Gynecologic
	MCS	PCS	MCS	PCS	MCS	PCS	MCS	PCS	MCS	PCS
Demographic
Age
65−74	50.9 (0.5) ^b	43.6 (0.5) ^b	49.3 (1.1) ^b	41.8 (1.2) ^b	51.5 (0.8)	46.8 (0.9) ^b	51.6 (0.9)	42.7 (1.1) ^b	50.1 (1.0)	42.1 (1.1) ^b
75−84	52.4 (0.5) ^a	41.9 (0.7) ^a	51.3 (1.2) ^a	40.4 (1.3) ^b, c	52.2 (1.1)	42.5 (1.2) ^a	53.9 (1.1)	41.4 (1.6) ^a	52.1 (1.1)	41.3 (1.3) ^b
85+	52.2 (0.5) ^a	39.6 (0.7) ^a	52.4 (1.1) ^a	36.6 (1.2) ^a	52.1 (1.1)	41.5 (1.3) ^a	52.1 (1.1)	39.2 (1.3) ^a	51.6 (1.4)	37.9 (1.5) ^a
Race/ethnicity^‡
NHW	52.6 (0.5)	42.6 (0.6) ^b	53.6 (1.1) ^b	40.4 (1.3) ^b	53.7 (1.1) ^b	40.4 (1.3) ^b	51.3 (1.1) ^a	42.9 (1.2) ^b	52.8 (0.9)	42.2 (1.1)
HW	51.7 (0.7)	43.4 (0.8) ^b	48.0 (1.4) ^a	41.9 (1.6) ^b	48.0 (1.4) ^a	41.9 (1.6) ^b	55.1 (1.5) ^b	40.6 (1.8) ^a	51.7 (1.5)	42.1 (1.7)
AA	51.6 (0.6)	40.2 (0.7) ^a	52.7 (1.3) ^b	38.1 (1.5) ^a	52.7 (1.3) ^b	38.1 (1.5) ^a	51.7 (1.4) ^a	39.9 (1.6) ^a	48.3 (1.4)	38.5 (1.6)
Asian American	51.4 (0.7)	40.6 (0.8) ^a	49.9 (1.4) ^a	37.9 (1.5) ^a	49.9 (1.4) ^a	37.9 (1.5) ^a	52.1 (1.4) ^a	41.1 (1.6) ^a	52.2 (1.5)	38.8 (1.7)
Education
<HS	49.8 (0.8) ^b	40.4 (0.9) ^a	49.8 (1.9)	32.1 (2.1) ^a	49.8 (1.9)	32.1 (2.1) ^b	49.4 (1.6)	40.8 (1.9) ^b	50.2 (1.8)	40.7 (2.1) ^a
HS/GED	51.8 (0.7) ^a	40.2 (0.7) ^a	51.6 (1.3)	42.3 (1.5) ^b	51.6 (1.3)	42.3 (1.5) ^a	54.2 (1.4)	36.8 (1.7) ^a	51.3 (1.3)	37.7 (1.4) ^b, c
Some C/T	52.8 (0.5) ^a	41.8 (0.6) ^b	52.3 (1.0)	41.9 (1.2) ^b	52.3 (1.0)	41.9 (1.2) ^a	52.6 (0.9)	43.0 (1.2) ^b, c	52.1 (1.1)	40.6 (1.2) ^a
College grad	52.8 (0.5) ^a	44.4 (0.6) ^a	50.6 (1.2)	41.9 (1.3) ^b	50.6 (1.2)	41.9 (1.3) ^a	53.9 (1.2)	43.9 (1.4) ^b, c	51.7 (1.2)	42.6 (1.3) ^b
Health
Beta coef (SE)
Comorbidity	−0.5 (0.1)	−1.4 (0.1)	−0.5 (0.2)	−1.2 (0.2)	−0.5 (0.2)	−1.2 (0.2)	−0.4 (0.2)	−1.5 (0.2)	−0.4 (0.2)	−1.8 (0.2)
Psychosocial
Beta Coef. (SE)
Social support	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.3)
Optimism	0.8 (0.1)	0.6 (0.1)	0.9 (0.1)	0.2 (0.2)	0.7 (0.2)	0.5 (0.2)	0.9 (0.1)	0.8 (0.2)	0.7 (0.2)	0.7 (0.2)
Model Adj 𝑅^2	22.1	29.0	24.9	36.2	15.9	36.1	20.9	33.2	20.9	37.0

^†Adjusted for all other variables in the model.
^‡NHW: non-Hispanic White; HW: Hispanic White; AA: African American.
Note: values in bold indicate P value <.05 from overall F-test.
Different letters denote statistically significant differences using Tukey’s post hoc tests.