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Table 1 Demographic data of RTW group and non-RTW group

From: Investigation on returning to work in liver cancer survivors in Taiwan: a 5-year follow-up study

Variables

RTW

(N = 1123)

Non-RTW

(N = 1328)

p value

Characteristic

Age (years)

50.5 ± 8.8 (23 ~ 81)

52.7 ± 9.5 (23 ~ 85)

< 0.0001

Gender (male)

874 (77.8%)

1068 (80.4%)

0.1146

Comorbidities

Disorders of lipoid metabolism

100 (8.9%)

134 (10.1%)

0.3196

Alcohol abuse

39 (3.5%)

31 (2.3%)

0.0918

Hypertension

230 (20.5%)

303 (22.8%)

0.1626

Congestive heart failure

12 (1.1%)

21 (1.6%)

0.2724

Peripheral vascular disease

8 (0.7%)

15 (1.1%)

0.2859

Cerebrovascular disease

20 (1.8%)

39 (2.9%)

0.0629

Chronic pulmonary disease

53 (4.7%)

77 (5.8%)

0.2351

Rheumatologic disease

14 (1.2%)

10 (0.8%)

0.2162

Peptic ulcer disease

178 (15.9%)

241 (18.1%)

0.1323

Mild liver disease

704 (62.7%)

695 (52.3%)

< 0.0001

Renal disease

42 (3.7%)

50 (3.8%)

0.974

Moderate or severe liver disease

37 (3.3%)

38 (2.9%)

0.5349

Depression

37 (3.3%)

37 (2.8%)

0.4635

Treatment

Operation

1100 (98.0%)

1260 (94.9%)

< 0.0001

Radiation therapy

6 (0.5%)

33 (2.5%)

0.0001

Chemotherapy

67 (6.0%)

156 (11.7%)

< 0.0001

Living area when diagnosed of cancer

0.5736

Central

227 (20.2%)

290 (21.8%)

 

North

517 (46.0%)

626 (47.1%)

 

East

20 (1.8%)

24 (18.2%)

 

South

351 (31.3%)

382 (28.8%)

 

Islands

8 (0.7%)

6 (0.5%)

 

Income range (TWD)

  < 28,800

658 (58.6%)

691 (52.0%)

 

28,800–38,200

205 (18.3%)

161 (12.1%)

 

  > 38,200

260 (23.2)

476 (35.8%)

 

Industrial classification

0.0585

Agriculture

97 (8.6%)

109 (8.2%)

 

Manufacturing

360 (32.1%)

408 (30.7%)

 

Electricity Supply

5 (0.4%)

18 (1.4%)

 

Water Supply

7 (0.6%)

11 (0.8%)

 

Construction

157 (14.0%)

188 (14.2%)

 

Wholesale

117 (10.4%)

153 (11.5%)

 

Transportation

111 (9.9%)

102 (7.7%)

 

Food Service

33 (2.9%)

43 (3.2%)

 

Information

22 (2.0%)

21 (1.6%)

 

Financial

23 (2.0%)

28 (2.1%)

 

Real Estate

9 (0.8%)

22 (1.7%)

 

Technical Activities

22 (2.0%)

27 (2.0%)

 

Support Service

21 (1.9%)

41 (3.1%)

 

Public Administration

14 (1.2%)

25 (1.9%)

 

Education

13 (1.2%)

17 (1.3%)

 

Health Care

12 (1.1%)

22 (1.7%)

 

Other Service

100 (8.9%)

93 (7.0%)

 

Company size

0.0141

Shut down

89 (7.9%)

152 (11.4%)

 

Small

80 (7.1%)

109 (8.2%)

 

Medium

225 (20.0%)

265 (20.0%)

 

Large

729 (64.9%)

802 (60.4%)

 

Pathological Tumor stage

< 0.0001

0,1

718 (63.9%)

503 (37.9%)

 

2

276 (24.6%)

369 (27.8%)

 

3

105 (9.3%)

359 (27.0%)

 

4

24 (2.1%)

97 (7.3%)

 

Pathological Node stage

< 0.0001

0

1117 (99.5%)

1266 (95.3%)

 

1

6 (0.5%)

62 (4.7%)

 

Pathological Metastasis stage

< 0.0001

0

1120 (99.7%)

1280 (96.4%)

 

1

3 (0.3%)

48 (3.6%)

 

Pathological stage

< 0.0001

0,1

715 (63.7%)

495 (37.3%)

 

2

274 (24.4%)

347 (26.1%)

 

3

131 (11.7%)

438 (33.0%)

 

4

3 (0.3%)

48 (3.6%)