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Table 3 Multivariable linear regression analyses

From: Health-related quality of life after myocardial infarction is associated with level of left ventricular ejection fraction

 

KCCQ clinical summary score

EQ-5D Index

EQ-VAS

 

B

(95%CI)

p

B

(95%CI)

p

B

(95%CI)

p

n

253

  

242

  

219

  

Sex (0 = male, 1 = female)

-3.4

(-8.8 to 2.1)

0.2

-0.10

(-0.16 to -0.04)

0.001

-1.7

(-7.7 to 4,2)

0.6

Age < 70 years = 0, ≥ 70 years = 1

-6.9

(-12.1 to -1.6)

0.01

-0.03

(-0.09 to 0.03)

0.3

-6.4

(-12.0 to -0,7)

0.03

Education, years (range 7–21)

0.5

(-0.3 to 1.2)

0.2

-0.00

(-0.01 to 0.01)

0.5

-0.09

(-0.9 to 0.7)

0.8

Left ventricular ejection fraction

         

>50%

         

40–50%

-6.9

(-13.0 to -0.9)

0.02

-0.10

(-0.17 to -0.04)

0.001

-4.3

(-10.7 to 2.1)

0.2

<40%

-15.4

(-22.6 to -8.3)

<0.001

-0.07

(-0.14 to -0.01)

0.08

-13.5

(-21.4 to -5.6)

0.001

Peripheral vascular disease

   

0.16

(0.04 to 0.28)

0.01

   

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

-12.5

(-21.5 to -3.5)

0.006

   

-12.1

(-21.5 to -2.8)

0.01

Medication for angina pectoris at discharge

   

-0.11

(-0.17 to -0.04)

0.001

   

Subsequent myocardial infarction

-11.2

(-21.9 to -0.6)

0.04

      

Total adjusted R-square

0.16

  

0.16

  

0.10

  
  1. Independent determinants of health-related quality of life 2.5 years after myocardial infarction in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction measured during index hospitalization.