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Table 2.

Correlations* between the LAVAL Questionnaire and related instruments

	LAVAL Questionnaire domains
	Symptoms	Activity/Mobility	Personal hygiene/Clothing	Emotions	Social interactions	Sexual life

BMI (kg/m²)	-0.14^†	-0.27^‡	-0.25^‡	-0.09^†	-0.26^§	-0.04^†

SF-36

• Physical functioning		0.67^‡	0.58^‡

• Role - physical		0.75^‡	0.59^‡

• Bodily pain	0.70^‡

• General health perception	0.57^‡

• Energy/vitality	0.62^‡			0.61^‡

• Social functioning					0.58^‡

• Role - emotions				0.53^‡

• Mental health				0.71^‡

IWQOL-Lite

• Physical function	0.69^‡	0.85^‡	0.66^‡

• Self-esteem				0.80^‡	0.77^‡

• Sexual life						0.61^‡

• Public distress					0.74^‡

SES				0.24^‡

BDI				-0.77^‡

* Pearson's coefficients of correlation; the coefficients in bold characters are those that met our a priori predictions regarding their direction and magnitude (see text).

† Non significant correlation

‡ p ≤ 0.01

§ p < 0.05

Note: The negative coefficients of correlation obtained with the BMI and the BDI are from the higher scores on these measures indicating worse quality of life.