Table 3.
Cardiovascular diagnosis and risk for poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessed with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 and presented as OR with 95% CI
| HRQoL aspects‡ | Cardiovascular diagnosis*, OR (95% CI)† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No cardiovascular disease 3552 (72%) |
Only hypertension 901 (18%) |
Only atrial fibrillation 75 (2%) |
Only previous myocardial infarction 57 (1%) |
Only angina 59 (1%) |
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| Poor global quality of life | 1.00 (reference) | 1.24 (0.85 to 1.81) | 1.06 (0.51 to 2.19) | 0.89 (0.26 to 3.10) | 2.09 (0.85 to 5.10) |
| Poor physical function | 1.00 (reference) | 1.33 (0.96 to 1.84) | 1.97 (0.88 to 4.40) | 2.37 (1.31 to 4.28) | 4.83 (2.22 to 10.50) |
| Poor role function | 1.00 (reference) | 1.34 (0.65 to 2.79) | 8.78 (1.24 to 62.01) | 2.41 (0.63 to 9.26) | Number too small |
| Poor emotional function | 1.00 (reference) | 0.86 (0.60 to 1.23) | 0.87 (0.36 to 2.10) | 0.43 (0.11 to 1.71) | 1.44 (0.55 to 3.78) |
| Symptomatic fatigue | 1.00 (reference) | 1.01 (0.73 to 1.41) | 1.77 (0.60 to 5.23) | 0.93 (0.30 to 2.92) | 1.01 (0.34 to 2.99) |
| Symptomatic dyspnoea | 1.00 (reference) | 1.24 (0.96 to 1.59) | 1.47 (0.59 to 3.62) | 1.32 (0.72 to 2.42) | 6.81 (3.26 to 14.24) |
Frequency weighted for age and sex to match the national distribution in Sweden.
*Cardiovascular diagnosis: Answer ‘Yes’ to written question ‘Have you been diagnosed with the following disease by a physician?’ Due to missing data, the percentages do not add up to 100%. In all, 255 persons had multiple diagnosis and is not included in the analysis above.
†Adjusted for age, sex, education, comorbidity, tobacco smoking and physical activity.
‡Poor or symptomatic: At least one response of ‘quite a bit’ or ‘very much’ to an item within a scale (physical, role and emotional function, fatigue and dyspnoea) or at least one response of 1–4 on one of the items in the global quality-of-life scale.