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Table 3 Intercorrelations of socio-demographic and rare disease characteristics and Health-Related Quality of Life outcomes in 1218 participants

From: Health-related quality of life among adults with diverse rare disorders

Ā 

Age

Gender

Duration of symptoms

Years since diagnosis

Number of rare diseases

Race

Income

Fatigue

Pain interference

Anxiety

Depression

Physical function

Gender

.23**

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Duration of symptoms

.07*

āˆ’.07*

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Years since diagnosis

.12**

0.03

.58**

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Number of rare diseases

āˆ’.08**

āˆ’0.05

.10**

.06*

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Race

.03

āˆ’.09**

.01

.03

.03

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Income

.19**

.09**

āˆ’.13**

.05

āˆ’.06

.09**

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Fatigue

āˆ’.29**

āˆ’.21**

.08**

āˆ’.12**

.17**

.01

āˆ’.20**

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Pain interference

āˆ’.08**

āˆ’.12**

.15**

.00

.19**

āˆ’0.03

āˆ’.22**

.53**

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Anxiety

āˆ’.30**

āˆ’.19**

āˆ’.01

āˆ’.10**

.03

āˆ’.04

āˆ’.20**

.47**

.38**

Ā Ā Ā 

Depression

āˆ’.25**

āˆ’.15**

.01

āˆ’.08**

.03

āˆ’.03

āˆ’.20**

.53**

.40**

.76**

Ā Ā 

Physical function

āˆ’.07*

.00

āˆ’.07*

.01

āˆ’.12**

.03

.21**

āˆ’.45**

āˆ’.51**

āˆ’.25**

āˆ’.34**

Ā 

Ability to participate in social roles

.05

.11**

āˆ’.08**

.08**

āˆ’.17**

āˆ’0.03

.17**

āˆ’.65**

āˆ’.54**

āˆ’.39**

āˆ’.48**

.72**

  1. Race was coded as person of colorā€‰=ā€‰0, whiteā€‰=ā€‰1. Gender was coded as femaleā€‰=ā€‰0 and male =1
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01