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Table 5 Multivariate analyses for SF-36 subscales

From: Predictors of health-related quality of life in type II diabetic patients in Greece

 

B Coefficient (p-value)

 

PF

RP

BP

GH

VT

SF

RE

MH

Constant

147.4

(P <0.001)

90.0

(P <0.001)

93.4

(P <0.001)

26.0

(P = 0.045)

60.2

(P <0.001)

79.0

(P <0.001)

164.8

(P <0.001)

39.5

(P = 0.001)

Female

-18.4

(P <0.001)

-19.0

(P = 0.006)

-15.0

(P = 0.001)

-8.3

(P = 0.012)

-12.8

(P = 0.001)

-21.2

(P <0.001)

-26.2

(P <0.001)

-11.9

(P = 0.002)

Age (per year)

-1.0

(P <0.001)

     

-0.9

(P = 0.016)

 

Married

    

10.0

(P = 0.028)

   

Higher education

  

8.7

(P = 0.043)

     

Employed

   

-8.1

(P = 0.029)

  

-22.1

(P = 0.004)

 

Body mass index (Kgr/m2)

-1.5

(P <0.001)

       

Microvascular complications

-14.6

(P = 0.001)

  

-14.2

(P <0.001)

 

-11.7

(P = 0.016)

-19.2

(P = 0.015)

-12.9

(P = 0.006))

Macrovascular complications

-13.3

(P <0.001)

   

-12.1

(P = 0.004))

   

Hypertension

   

-9.5

(P = 0.010)

    

Hyperlipidemia

       

-9.0

(P = 0.021)

Years with diabetes (per year)

  

-0.7

(P = 0.007)

-0.5

(P = 0.025)

-0.6

(P = 0.014)

-0.7

(P = 0.006)

  

≥ 1 other diseases

-10.3

(P = 0.013)

  

-10.3

(P = 0.005)

-10.2

(P = 0.022)

-11.0

(P = 0.015)

  

R 2 =

0.42

0.04

0.15

0.22

0.20

0.26

0.18

0.13

  1. Abbreviations: PF = Physical Functioning, RP = Role Physical, BP = Bodily Pain, GH = General Health, VT = Vitality, SF = Social Functioning, RE = Role Emotional, MH = Mental Health