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Table 2 Bivariate correlations between demographics, medical conditions and HRQOL trajectories

From: The impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on the trajectories of health-related quality of life among patients with Fabry disease

Variables

Physical HRQOL

Mental HRQOL

Sex

Age

EF

Neuro-pathy

Higher GFR

Cerebro-vascular

MCS baseline

.07

–

      

Sex

.23

.05

–

     

Age at diagnosis

 − .11

.01

.16

–

    

Cardiac ejection fraction (EF ≤ 50%)

.35**

 − .12

.15

 − .48**

–

   

Small fibre neuropathy

.40**

.09

.49**

 − .25

.45**

–

  

Higher GFR (ml/min)

.37**

.06

.22

 − .43**

.36*

.18

–

 

History of cerebrovascular events

.24*

.19

.10

 − .20

.18

.07

.32*

–

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01
  2. HRQOL = Health-related quality of life (SF-36); GFR = Glomerular filtration rate
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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