. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2016 May-Jun;31(3):236–244. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000248

Table 2.

Cox Regression Modeling: Health-related Quality of Life on Cardiac Event-free Survival (N = 313)

Variables	Hazard Ratio	Wald	Significance
^Simple Cox Regression HRQOL (MLHFQ score)*	1.015	7.054	008
^**Multiple Cox Regression Age	1.018	2.594	107
Gender	.555	3.876	.049
Ethnicity	1.385	1.179	.277
Education	.983	.242	.622
Living status	.764	1.266	.261
Financial status	.918	.200	.655
LVEF	.985	2.715	.099
Comorbidity	1.055	.870	.351
Taking ACEI	.802	.694	.405
Taking BB	.669	1.339	.247
HRQOL (MLHFQ score)	1.016	6.995	.008

χ² = 7.148, p = 0.008;

^**

χ² = 23.977, p = 0.013

ACEI = angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor; BB = beta blocker; HRQOL = health-related quality of life; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; MLHFQ = Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire