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Table 2.

Distribution pattern of quality of life (QOL) and health-status in sociodemographic of study population

Characteristics	Control (n = 199)				Arm 1 (n = 204)					Arm 2 (n = 197)					Arms 1 vs 2
	QOL		Health status		QOL		Health status		p ^ł	QOL		Health status		p ^ł	p-value
	Mean	p-sig	Mean	p-sig	Mean	p-sig	Mean	p-sig	p ^ł	Mean	p-sig	Mean	p-sig	p ^ł	p-value
Gender
Men	13.12	0.35	70.44	0.42	13.02	0.29	71.29	0.25	0.17^#	13.11	0.65	72.01	0.53	0.22^#	0.51^#
Women	12.98		71.11		12.93		70.13		0.23^≠	12.88		70.18		0.19^≠	0.66^≠
Age (years)
35–44	12.23	0.00	69.43	0.52	11.38	0.00	76.37	0.01	0.00^#	12.45	0.00	70.11	0.01	0.01^#	0.03^#
45–54	10.07		68.89		10.35		67.24		0.00^≠	10.57		65.29		0.00^≠	0.04^≠
55–64	8.73		70.01		8.42		73.13			8.51		63.11
65–74	9.17		66.89		8.51		66.19			8.72		60.47
Marital status
Currently married	12.93	0.00	70.68	0.43	12.65	0.00	69.67	0.89	0.21^#	11.66	0.00	66.94	0.63	0.00^#	0.02^#
Single/ex-married	10.02		68.02		10.23		69.37		0.35^≠	9.78		68.47		0.00^≠	0.23^≠
Education status
Primary	9.98	0.47	67.96	0.41	9.85	0.00	67.34	0.73	0.00^#	9.45	0.36	67.23	0.68	0.00^#	0.41^#
Secondary	9.93		70.59		11.09		65.23		0.02^≠	9.31		64.72		0.00^≠	0.56^≠
University	9.45		68.11		8.89		64.91			8.13		62.73
Higher	11.33		75.21		10.21		71.45			9.56		69.62
Economic status/month
≤ 1500 US$	8.63	0.00	65.23	0.02	8.93	0.00	66.84	0.31	0.00^#	8.66	0.21	65.23	0.83	0.00^#	0.02^#
> 1500 US$	12.97		74.36		11.29		69.57		0.01^≠	9.17		66.89		0.00^≠	0.00^≠

^łp value against control group. * p < 0.05, ^# vs QOL, ^≠ vs health status. Health status: 0–100 (worst imaginable health to best health)