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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Heart Fail. 2006 Mar 10;8(7):750–755. doi: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.02.004

Table 3.

Predictors of HRQOL (overall, physical, emotional) and depression (N =358)

Variable	Adjusted R²	Std. error of the estimate	F change	P value
LHFQ^a, overall
Sex	.028	23.32	6.920	.009
NYHA class	.182	20.84	23.823	<0.001
Body mass index	.207	20.09	17.757	<0.001
LHFQ^a, physical
Sex	.033	10.43	8.611	.004
NYHA class	.194	9.15	31.061	<0.001
Body mass index	.204	9.06	22.322	<0.001
LHFQ^a, emotional
Sex	.035	7.02	8.347	.004
NYHA class	.157	6.64	20.059	<0.001
Body mass index	.236	6.32	18.518	<0.001
Depressive symptoms^b
Sex	.017	6.47	5.390	.022
NYHA class	.133	6.02	20.244	.005
Body mass index	.197	5.86	15.190	<0.001

Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; higher scores indicate greater symptom interference and lower HRQOL.

Measured using the Beck Depression Inventory; higher scores indicate increased (worse) depression.