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. 2017 Aug 1;23(5):233–238. doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.16-00293

Table 3. Independent predictors of quality of life improvement after 2 years of coronary artery bypass surgery.

Section Variablea (Univariate) (Multivariate analysis)


p value Coefficient p value OR 95% CI

Physical mobility Gender 0.06 0.84 0.11 2.33 0.82–6.58
  Age 0.1 0.02 0.40 0.97 0.26–1.07
  Class of angina (CCS) 0.001 0.56 0.003b 1.76 1.21–2.55
Social isolation Gender 0.04 0.38 0.36 1.46 0.65–3.25
  Age 0.02 0.02 0.41 1.02 0.97–1.07
  Marital status 0.04 −0.67 0.20 0.51 0.18–1.44
  Hypertension 0.02 0.56 0.13 1.76 0.84–3.67
  Smoking 0.07 −0.19 0.43 0.82 0.51–1.33
  Physical inactivity 0.16 0.30 0.37 1.36 0.81–3.68
  Class of angina (CCS) 0.01 0.36 0.057 1.43 0.99–2.08
Emotional reaction Hypertension 0.07 0.60 0.07 1.82 0.94–3.55
  Hypercholesterolemia 0.17 0.47 0.14 1.60 0.86–2.99
  Heredity 0.17 −0.47 0.14 0.63 0.33–1.17
  Stress 0.05 0.66 0.06 1.95 0.95–4.00
  Prior myocardial infarction 0.09 0.40 0.11 1.49 0.91–2.44
Energy Gender 0.15 0.59 0.15 1.25 0.81–4.05
  Age 0.009 0.02 0.36 1.02 0.97–1.08
  Hypertension 0.18 0.17 0.64 1.19 0.58–2.45
  Smoking 0.04 −0.23 0.36 0.80 0.49–1.29
  Diabetes mellitus 0.16 −0.78 0.09 0.46 0.18–1.14
  Heredity 0.002 −1.05 0.002b 0.35 0.18–0.68
  Class of angina (CCS) 0.001 0.49 0.01b 1.63 1.11–2.38
  EuroSCORE 0.17 0.05 0.58 1.05 0.88–1.24
Sleep Gender 0.05 −0.85 0.03b 0.43 0.20–0.93
  Smoking 0.12 −0.40 0.06 0.67 0.44–1.02
  Diabetes mellitus 0.08 −0.31 0.52 0.73 0.29–1.87
  Class of angina (CCS) 0.01 0.50 0.005b 1.65 1.16–2.35
  Comorbidity 0.04 −0.52 0.16 0.59 0.28–1.23
Pain Diabetes mellitus 0.01 −0.90 0.006b 0.27 0.10–0.68
  Duration of CAD 0.05 −0.46 0.07 0.91 0.83–1.01
  Prior myocardial infarction 0.04 0.78 0.054 0.50 0.24–1.01
  Class of angina (CCS) <0.001 0.34 <0.001b 2.43 1.57–3.77
  Ejection fraction 0.16 0.40 0.88 1.00 0.96–1.05
  EuroSCORE 0.16 1.38 0.86 0.98 0.78–1.23

aVariable selected from univariate analysis (p ≤0.20). bStatistically significant in multivariate analysis. CCS: canadian cardiovascular society classification of angina; CAD: coronary artery disease; EuroSCORE: European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio