Table 2.

Symptom Burden Among Cancer Survivors Differs by Age

Characteristics	Pain			Psychological Distress			Insomnia
Characteristics	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
CS versus control (unadjusted)	2.44	2.16–2.74	<.001	1.98	1.76–2.22	<.001	2.09	1.83–2.38	<.001
Age (years)
<50	2.96	2.28–3.85	<.001	2.94	2.35–3.67	<.001	2.70	2.09–3.48	<.001
50 to 64	2.23	1.76–2.83	<.001	1.84	1.45–2.34	<.001	1.80	1.40–2.31	<.001
>64	1.36	1.14–1.63	.001	1.48	1.23–1.79	<.001	1.44	1.18–1.75	<.001
Sex (female vs male)	1.24	1.15–1.32	<.001	1.51	1.39–1.64	<.001	1.47	1.37–1.59	<.001
Education
High school or less^*	1			1			1
Some college	0.98	0.90–1.06	.56	0.86	0.79–0.94	.001	1.01	0.92–1.10	.877
College or more advanced	0.73	0.66–0.81	<.001	0.57	0.51–0.64	<.001	0.70	0.63–0.76	<.001
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white^*	1			1			1
Non-Hispanic black	0.84	0.75–0.94	.003	0.90	0.80–1.02	.102	0.78	0.70–0.88	<.001
Hispanic	0.55	0.48–0.63	<.001	0.85	0.75–0.96	.007	0.77	0.69–0.87	<.001
Other (non-Hispanic)	0.62	0.49–0.78	<.001	0.67	0.52–0.86	.002	0.57	0.45–0.72	<.001
Annual household income
(<$20,000 vs. ≥$20,000)	1.37	1.25–1.51	<.001	1.85	1.69–2.04	<.001	1.52	1.39–1.67	<.001

* Models included cancer survivor status and age as interaction terms and controlled for sex, education, race/ethnicity, and income.
CS, cancer survivors; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.