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Table 2 Univariate analysis of the four dimensions of QOL

From: Quality of life and its contributors among adults with late-onset Pompe disease in China

 

Physical health

Psychological health

Environmental health

Social relationships

Value†

p value‡

Value

p valve

Value

p value

Value

p value

Age

− 0.35

0.003

− 0.07

0.595

− 0.24

0.047

− 0.02

0.874

Gender

        

 Female

32.04(18.71)

0.411

42.94(20.7)

0.730

37.67(15.92)

0.372

47.22(19.72)

0.655

 Male

35.71(17.87)

 

44.79(23.07)

 

41.41(18.05)

 

45.05(20.06)

 

Education

        

 Primary school or lower

26.43(9.65)

0.467

22.5(20.33)

0.037

25(12.69)

0.125

36.67(22.52)

0.267

 Middle school

30.95(19.78)

 

40(26.25)

 

38.75(14.55)

 

41.67(16.37)

 

 High school or above

35.42(18.46)

 

47.22(19.13)

 

41.15(17.5)

 

48.61(20.29)

 

Employment

        

 No

30.03(17.57)

 < 0.001

41.44(22.87)

0.020

37.27(17.82)

0.004

42.44(19.31)

0.001

 Yes

48.21(13.42)

 

52.98(13.42)

 

47.77(9.37)

 

60.71(14.41)

 

CHE

        

 No

37.32(18.74)

0.102

47.92(18.01)

0.340

42.5(15.75)

0.160

51.67(18.06)

0.142

 Yes

29.62(16.14)

 

42.38(22.46)

 

36.43(15.56)

 

43.7(20.31)

 

Rural/urban

        

 Urban

32.55(17.5)

0.477

44.7(18.9)

0.683

38.49(15.57)

0.568

44.7(20.26)

0.391

 Rural

36.01(19.81)

 

42.19(26.45)

 

41.15(19.41)

 

48.96(18.93)

 

Reliance on assistive devices

        

 None

54.76(18.16)

 < 0.001

48.61(25.91)

0.022

55.73(25.88)

0.006

61.11(13.61)

0.004

 Some

36.66(16.83)

 

50(18.89)

 

41.54(14.18)

 

50.74(18.73)

 

 A lot

25.77(15.71)

 

35.27(21.89)

 

33.37(15.45)

 

37.5(18.77)

 

Medicated

        

 No

33.72(18.05)

0.958

43.78(22.59)

0.963

39.6(17.21)

0.797

46.86(20.19)

0.347

 Yes

34.18(21.71)

 

44.05(12.47)

 

37.95(15.35)

 

40.48(15.54)

 

Social support

        

 Tangible support

0.00

0.971

0.22

0.068

0.18

0.137

0.15

0.230

 Emotional/informational support

0.19

0.119

0.49

 < 0.001

0.25

0.038

0.51

 < 0.001

 Positive social interaction

0.37

0.002

0.55

 < 0.001

0.41

0.001

0.60

 < 0.001

 Affectionate support

0.12

0.314

0.46

 < 0.001

0.21

0.081

0.39

0.001

 Structural support

0.09

0.459

0.35

0.004

0.20

0.109

0.36

0.003

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05
  2. †For categorical variables, statistics on QOL are presented as mean (SD). For continuous variables, statistics on QOL were presented as correlation coefficients
  3. ‡For categorical variables, p values of the t-test or ANOVA results are shown. For continuous variables, the p values of the correlation test results are shown
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