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Table 3.

Step-wise regression models predicting health-related quality of life (HRQL) and fatigue during time on and off steroids

	(1) HRQL on steroids		(2) HRQL off steroids		(3) Fatigue on steroids		(4) Fatigue off steroids
	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β
Step 1	0.01		0.05		0.01		0.06
Age		0.10		0.20		0.06		0.21
Gender		0.01		−0.15		−0.10		−0.17
Risk group		−0.23		−0.14		−0.15		0.01
Steroid		0.39^*		0.24		0.47^*		0.31
Month in maintenance		−0.21		0.19		−0.16		0.25
Step 2	0.12		0.06		0.16		0.15
Age		0.06		0.17		0.01		0.17
Gender		0.12		−0.18		0.03		−0.19
Risk group		−0.23		−0.14		−0.15		0.01
Steroid		0.39^*		0.24		0.47^*		0.31
Month in maintenance		−0.21		0.19		−0.16		0.25
Step 3	0.18		0.32		0.27		0.34
Age		0.10		−0.04		0.04		−0.05
Gender		0.01		−0.17		−0.03		−0.16
Risk group		−0.16		−0.19		−0.10		0.04
Steroid		0.19		0.18		0.24		0.15
Month in maintenance		−0.16		0.16		−0.09		0.18
Sleep quality		0.34^*		−0.01		0.39^**		0.21
Night awakenings		−0.07		−0.42^*		−0.14		−0.33^*
Total sleep time		−0.02		0.08		0.01		0.08
Sleep onset latency		−0.04		−0.40^**		0.21		−0.31^*
Nap frequency		−0.16		−0.16		−0.19		−0.18
Total R²	0.30		0.43		0.44		0.55

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01