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. 2014 Dec 12;12:180. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0180-6

Table 3.

Coefficient estimates and goodness-of-fit measures of various regression models mapping the FACT-B subscales to EQ-5D-5L utility index based on baseline survey (N = 238)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Ordinary least square
Regression coefficients
 Constant 0.2901** 0.3071** 0.3064** 0.2846** 0.3031**
 Physical well-being 0.0120** 0.0127** 0.0125** 0.0121** 0.0128**
 Social well-being −0.0003 −0.0003
 Emotional well-being 0.0042* 0.0062** 0.0041 0.0061**
 Functional well-being 0.0046** 0.0048** 0.0052** 0.0044** 0.0046**
 Breast cancer subscale 0.0035* 0.0048** 0.0034*
Goodness-of-fit measures
 Square of correlation coefficient, r 2 0.4975 0.4870 0.4890 0.4973 0.4870
 Adjusted r 2 0.4867 0.4782 0.4824 0.4887 0.4804
 Mean square error 0.0132 0.0135 0.0135 0.0132 0.0135
 Mean absolute deviation 0.0913 0.0918 0.0925 0.0913 0.0919
Tobit model
Regression coefficients
 Constant 0.1983** 0.2200** 0.2342** 0.2077** 0.2318**
 Physical well-being 0.0144** 0.0153** 0.0147** 0.0142** 0.0152**
 Social well-being 0.0006 0.0007
 Emotional well-being 0.0050 0.0077** 0.0051 0.0078**
 Functional well-being 0.0048* 0.0051** 0.0060** 0.0051** 0.0054**
 Breast cancer subscale 0.0045* 0.0063** 0.0046*
Goodness-of-fit measures
 Square of correlation coefficient, r 2 0.4965 0.4861 0.4887 0.4971 0.4869
 Adjusted r 2 0.4856 0.4773 0.4821 0.4885 0.4803
 Mean square error 0.0143 0.0146 0.0145 0.0143 0.0145
 Mean absolute deviation 0.0934 0.0937 0.0945 0.0934 0.0936
Censored least absolute deviation
Regression coefficients
 Constant 0.3062** 0.3208** 0.3200** 0.2948** 0.3149**
 Physical well-being 0.0119** 0.0121** 0.0123** 0.0122** 0.0121**
 Social well-being −0.0004 −0.0003
 Emotional well-being 0.0041 0.0054** 0.0042 0.0054**
 Functional well-being 0.0037* 0.0054** 0.0039* 0.0037* 0.0053**
 Breast cancer subscale 0.0036 0.0054** 0.0035
Goodness-of-fit measures
 Square of correlation coefficient, r 2 0.4968 0.4863 0.4873 0.4968 0.4862
 Adjusted r 2 0.4860 0.4775 0.4807 0.4882 0.4796
 Mean square error 0.0133 0.0135 0.0135 0.0133 0.0135
 Mean absolute deviation 0.0912 0.0917 0.0923 0.0913 0.0917
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Quantile regression
Regression coefficients
 Constant 0.3062** 0.3208** 0.3200** 0.2948** 0.3149**
 Physical well-being 0.0119** 0.0121** 0.0123** 0.0122** 0.0121**
 Social well-being −0.0004 −0.0003
 Emotional well-being 0.0041 0.0054** 0.0042* 0.0054**
 Functional well-being 0.0037** 0.0054** 0.0039** 0.0037** 0.0053**
 Breast cancer subscale 0.0036 0.0054** 0.0035
Goodness-of-fit measures
 Square of correlation coefficient, r 2 0.4968 0.4863 0.4873 0.4968 0.4862
 Adjusted r 2 0.4860 0.4775 0.4807 0.4882 0.4796
 Mean square error 0.0133 0.0135 0.0135 0.0133 0.0135
 Mean absolute deviation 0.0912 0.0917 0.0923 0.0913 0.0917
Logistic quantile regression
Regression coefficients
 Constant −1.6525 −1.6097 −1.5750* −1.6489 −1.6678
 Physical well-being 0.0684 0.0710 0.0678* 0.0683** 0.0722**
 Social well-being 0.0001 −0.0035
 Emotional well-being 0.0155 0.0320 0.0157 0.0308
 Functional well-being 0.0230 0.0312 0.0247 0.0230 0.0295
 Breast cancer subscale 0.0216 0.0301 0.0214
Goodness-of-fit measures
 Square of correlation coefficient, r 2 0.4686 0.4596 0.4620 0.4687 0.4597
 Adjusted r 2 0.4571 0.4503 0.4551 0.4596 0.4528
 Mean square error 0.0141 0.0143 0.0143 0.0141 0.0143
 Mean absolute deviation 0.0946 0.0949 0.0953 0.0946 0.0950

**P-value < 0.01; *P-value < 0.05.