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. 2008 Aug 19;8:292. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-292

Table 4.

Standardized regression coefficients of the influence of risk factors on quality of life resulted from multivariate stepwise regression.

Factor PF RP BP GH VT SF RE MH
Region
 Urban
 Suburban 0.16* -0.06 0.10* 0.18* -0.08* -0.10* -0.08*
 Rural 0.10* 0.14* 0.10* -0.25*
Gender 0.05
Current job -0.08* -0.10* -0.07*
Age -0.27* -0.08* -0.26* -0.15*
Current marital status 0.08* 0.08*
Highest level of education 0.11*
Total income of family/month 0.05 0.07* 0.15*
Frequency of activities 0.10* 0.05 0.10* 0.13* 0.10*
BMI 0.05
Chronic diseases -0.16* -0.21* -0.15* -0.23* -0.17* -0.16* -0.21* -0.08*

*P-value < 0.05

Variable coding: Region (suburban = 1, other = 0; rual = 1, other = 0), gender (male = 1, female = 0), current job (manual worker = 1, office worker = 0), current martial status (unmarried = 1, married = 0), highest level of education (primary education and lower = 1, secondary/high education = 2, university education and higher = 3), family monthly income (less than 2000 Yuan = 1, 2000–4999 Yuan = 2, more than 5000 Yuan = 3), frequency of activities (never = 1, less than 4 times/month = 2, at least 1 time/week = 3, at least 1 time/day = 4), chronic disease (yes = 1, no = 0).