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Table 4 Correlations between T1 demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables and T3 mental and physical HRQOL

From: Tobacco smoking predicts depression and poorer quality of life in heart disease

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

1. Male

1

               

2. Married

.28***

1

              

3. Income

-.14

-.27***

1

             

4. LVEF

.06

-.02

.07

1

            

5. BMI

-.06

.09

-.01

-.05

1

           

6. Diabetes

-.04

-.06

.17*

.02

.10

1

          

7. Smoking

-.11

-.19***

.01

-.10

-.04

-.05

1

         

8. Alcohol -excessive

.18*

.08

-.06

-.07

-.07

-.13

.02

1

        

9. History of

depression

-.06

-.09

.05

-.09

.09

-.04

.02

.00

1

       

10. GAD

-.03

.00

.05

-.12

.04

-.08

.18*

.01

.23***

1

      

11. Neuroticism

-.10

.03

.15*

-.11

.04

.03

.23***

.00

.34***

.49**

1

     

12. Social support

.06

.34***

-.10

.04

.00

.04

-.20***

.05

-.08

-.19**

-.12

1

    

13. Functional status

.20***

.19***

-.42***

-.07

-.07

-.20***

.02

.11

-.16*

-.06

-.17*

.11

1

   

14. CABG

-.12

-.06

0.08

-.03

.00

-.10

.23**

.06

-.03

.09

.13

.00

.01

1

-.15*

 

15. MCS

.100

.02

-.06

.09

-.26***

-.08

-.36***

.07

-.32***

-.41***

-.54***

.22***

.21***

 

1

 

16. PCS

.16*

.16*

-.29***

-.01

-.07

-.23***

-.04

.06

-.28***

.00

-.21***

.06

.61***

.18***

 

1

  1. BMI = body mass index; CABG = Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Income = Annual household income ≤ AU$20 000; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction <30%; MCS = Mental Component Summary score of the SF-36; PCS = Physical Component Summary score of the SF-36.
  2. *P < .05 ** P < .01 *** P < .001.