Table 6. Multiple linear regression analyses of various risk factors for lower Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire scores.a .
Variable | Multiple linear regression analyses | |||
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SHQ domain scores | Total SHQ score | |||
Daily functioning | Physical functioning | Emotional functioning | ||
Gender (male vs. female) | ns | ns | −0.165 (0.003) | −0.138 (0.010) |
Course (acute vs. chronic) | −0.449 (0.004) | −0.202 (0.000) | ns | −0.216 (0.000) |
Therapy (P vs. MTX vs. P+MTX) | ns | −0.153 (0.008) | 0.120 (0.041) | 0.143 (0.013) |
Neurosarcoidosis | ns | 0.116 (0.036) | ns | 0.109 (0.046) |
Cardiac disease | 0.345 (0.024) | ns | ns | ns |
SHQ: Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire; P: prednisone; MTX: methotrexate; and ns: not significant. aStatistics shown as β (p).