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Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017 Jun 28;35(3):440–447. doi: 10.1177/1049909117708195

Table 3.

Bivariate analyses results comparing participants with and without advance directives

Variable	Statistic	p value
Age	t(503)=−8.632	<0.001^a
Gender	X² (1, n= 505) = 0.63	0.426
Race	X² (1, n= 504) = 2.48	0.115
Marital status	X² (1, n= 504) = 3.84	0.050
HD stage	X² (2, n= 503) = 9.01	<0.001^a
Years Education	t(501) = −2.89	0.004^a
HDQLIFE Chorea SF	t(490) =−1.66	0.097
HDQLIFE Speech SF	t(499)=−1.51	0.132
HDQLIFE Swallowing SF	t(498)=−2.110	0.035
HDQLIFE Concern for Death & Dying SF	t(491 )=1.943	0.053
HDQLIFE Meaning & Purpose SF	t(493)=−2.915	0.004^a
PROMIS Anxiety SF	t(330)=2.353	0.019

Note: = remains significant after Bonferroni Correction,SF = short form