Cardiovascular and Metabolic Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer
Study context
- Population
- Patients with cancer undergoing cancer treatment or treatment-naïve about to commence therapy
- Participants
- 283 patients
- Outcome
- Determinants of reduced quality of life (QoL) (EORTC QLQ-C30)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Independent predictors of reduced QoL (multivariable logistic regression)
- Age: OR
- 0.954 (95% CI 0.916-0.994)
- Resting heart rate: OR
- 1.036 (95% CI 1.004-1.068)
- Hand grip strength: OR
- 0.932 (95% CI 0.878-0.990)
- Cachexia: OR
- 4.334 (95% CI 1.767-10.631)
- Dyspnoea: OR
- 3.725 (95% CI 1.540-9.010)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer. ESC Heart Fail. Published 30 September 2022. doi:10.
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