Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with physical^a and mental^b HRQoL scores of postpartum women in Iran.

Parameter	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
History of disease in pregnancy	8.83 (2.00–38.99)	10.43 (2.32–46.92)	0.002
Education
(Reference: <12 years)
>12 years	1.54 (1.02–2.31)	1.60 (1.04–2.45)	0.03
Time since birth
(Reference: >3 months)
<3 months	1.43 (0.937–2.20)	1.57 (1.006–2.45)	0.047
Employment
(Reference: housewife)
Employed	2.20 (1.17–4.13)	2.12 (1.07–4.17)	0.03

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.

^aPhysical HRQoL referred to mean score of PF + BP + RP + GH. Independent predictors were history of disease in pregnancy, education, and time elapsed since birth.

^bMental HRQoL referred to mean score of VT + MH + SE + RE. Independent predictor was employment.