Table 3.
Associations between baseline characteristics and monthly shortness of breath (n=661)
| Baseline characteristics | Monthly shortness of breath | |||
| 1–3 weeks versus none | 4 weeks versus none | |||
| Unadjusted RRR (95% CI) |
Adjusted* RRR (95% CI) |
Unadjusted RRR (95% CI) |
Adjusted* RRR (95% CI) |
|
| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 1.84 (1.36 to2.49) | 1.46 (1.07 to2.01) | 2.58 (1.78 to 3.75) | 1.81 (1.20 to 2.75) |
| Age | ||||
| <60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 60–69 | 1.30 (0.81 to 2.07) | 1.18 (0.74 to 1.90) | 1.10 (0.62 to 1.95) | 0.92 (0.49 to 1.71) |
| 70–79 | 1.80 (1.14 to 2.83) | 1.83 (1.15 to2.90) | 1.40 (0.80 to 2.44) | 1.72 (0.94 to 3.17) |
| 80+ | 1.91 (1.10 to 3.31) | 2.47 (1.41 to 4.34) | 1.53 (0.77 to 3.02) | 2.51 (1.19 to 5.26) |
| BMI | ||||
| Normal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 1.25 (0.88 to 1.76) | 1.28 (0.90 to 1.81) | 1.02 (0.66 to 1.58) | 1.03 (0.64 to 1.65) |
| Obese | 1.77 (1.20 to2.62) | 1.67 (1.12 to2.51) | 2.93 (1.80 to4.78) | 2.53 (1.49 to 4.30) |
| PCS score (per unit) | 0.93 (0.92 to0.94) | – | 0.87 (0.86 to0.89) | – |
| Not anxious or depressed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Anxious or depressed | 3.04 (2.26 to 4.08) | 2.33 (1.70 to 3.19) | 5.36 (3.67 to 7.82) | 4.10 (2.72 to 6.17) |
| Pain sites | ||||
| None | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1–3 | 2.23 (1.41 to3.54) | 1.98 (1.23 to3.17) | 4.06 (2.20 to7.50) | 3.50 (1.80 to 6.80) |
| 4+ | 4.31 (2.74 to 6.80) | 3.05 (1.88 to4.97) | 8.90 (4.87 to16.29) | 4.64 (2.35 to 9.18) |
| Between-person variance |
– | 2.09 | – | 3.72 |
Bold values mean statistically significant.
*Adjusted for all presented variables.
BMI, body mass index; PCS, Physical Component Summary; RRR, relative risk ratio.