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. 2006 Mar 22;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-17

Table 2.

Weighted ANCOVA for HUI3 by Disease Group

B* (Unstandardized Mean Difference) 95% Confidence Interval (Lower – Upper)
Diabetes/Cancer**
 Diabetes and Cancer -0.108 -0.131 -0.086
 Diabetes -0.040 -0.045 -0.035
 Cancer -0.040 -0.048 -0.033
 No Diabetes Or Cancer reference - -
Age**
 12–29 Years 0.056 0.052 0.059
 30–44 Years 0.038 0.035 0.041
 45–59 Years 0.021 0.018 0.024
 ≥60 Years reference - -
Sex**
 Male -0.011 -0.013 -0.009
 Female reference - -
Marital Status**
 Married/Common Law 0.023 0.021 0.025
 Widow/Separated/Divorced/Single reference - -
Physical Activity Level**
 Active 0.038 0.036 0.041
 Moderately Active 0.032 0.029 0.034
 Inactive reference - -
Education Level**
 <Than Secondary Education -0.040 -0.043 -0.038
 Secondary Education Graduate -0.011 -0.014 -0.009
 Other Post-Secondary Education -0.011 -0.015 -0.007
 Post-Secondary Education Graduate reference - -
Smoking Status**
 Daily Smoker -0.020 -0.023 -0.018
 Occasional Smoker -0.011 -0.016 -0.007
 Not At All reference - -
BMI**
 <30 0.015 0.012 0.018
 ≥30 reference - -
Depression Status**
 Not Depressed 0.142 0.138 0.145
 Depressed reference - -
Number of Chronic Conditions**
 0 0.149 0.146 0.152
 1 0.127 0.124 0.130
 2 0.094 0.091 0.097
 ≥3 reference - -

*Adjusted for all other covariates in the table

**All variables were statistically significant, P < 0.0001

Clinically meaningful difference of ≥0.03