Table 4.

Factor loadings and path coefficients by the occurrence of the specific comorbidity

	Occurrence of the specific comorbidity (A): Standardized beta coefficients
	Allergy	Arthritis	Eye	Dental	Digestive	Pain	Heart	Osteoporosis	Lymph-edema	Thyroid	Psycho
*Factor loadings*
PCS → PF	0.66^***	0.67^***	0.66^***	0.67^***	0.66^***	0.67^***	0.67^***	0.67^***	0.67^***	0.67^***	0.67^***
PCS → PRL	0.74^***	0.73^***	0.75^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***	0.74^***
PCS → GH	0.72^***	0.71^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.73^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.72^***
PCS → Pain	0.79^***	0.80^***	0.79^***	0.79^***	0.79^***	0.79^***	0.79^***	0.78^***	0.79^***	0.79^***	0.79^***
MCS → ERL	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.71^***	0.72^***	0.72^***	0.71^***	0.71^***
MCS → SF	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.85^***	0.86^***
MCS → EW	0.78^***	0.78^***	0.78^***	0.78^***	0.78^***	0.78^***	0.77^***	0.78^***	0.77^***	0.78^***	0.77^***
MCS → Energy	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.77^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.77^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***	0.76^***
Path Coefficients
Stress → A	0.13	0.20^**	0.20^*	0.33^***	0.11	0.23^**	0.22^**	0.17^*	0.33^***	0.15^*	0.35^***
Stress → total #	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^*	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**	0.19^**
Stress → PCS	−0.52^***	−0.49^***	−0.49^***	−0.48^***	−0.51^***	−0.50^***	−0.51^***	−0.51^***	−0.46^***	−0.52^***	−0.50^***
Stress → MCS	−0.57^***	−0.55^***	−0.55^***	−0.51^***	−0.57^***	−0.55^***	−0.54^***	−0.58^***	−0.50^***	−0.56^***	−0.48^***
A → PCS	−0.11	−0.26^***	−0.23^**	−0.17^*	−0.18^*	−0.19^*	−0.12	−0.12	−0.20^**	−0.07	−0.07
A → MCS	−0.03	−0.21^**	−0.14	−0.24^**	−0.10	−0.15^*	−0.19^**	−0.01	−0.25^***	−0.11	−0.29^***
Total # → PCS	−0.25^***	−0.20^**	−0.26^***	−0.24^**	−0.28^***	−0.23^**	−0.26^***	−0.26^***	−0.28^***	−0.28^***	−0.27^***
Total # → MCS	−0.15^*	−0.10	−0.15^*	−0.11	−0.16^*	−0.12	−0.13	−0.16^*	−0.16^*	−0.16^*	−0.14
Age → A	0.05	0.26^***	0.17^*	0.07	0.13	0.19^*	0.14	0.18^*	0.05	−0.15	0.08
Age → total #	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***	0.44^***
*Fit Indices*
X² (df=46)	83.078	85.056	89.530	84.577	82.883	85.379	84.521	88.155	85.196	84.676	84.465
CFI	0.954	0.953	0.947	0.953	0.954	0.952	0.953	0.949	0.953	0.952	0.954
RMSEA	0.075	0.077	0.081	0.077	0.075	0.078	0.077	0.080	0.077	0.077	0.077
Variance in PCS	0.424	0.479	0.467	0.438	0.446	0.444	0.427	0.426	0.450	0.417	0.417
Variance in MCS	0.393	0.433	0.411	0.437	0.403	0.412	0.426	0.393	0.448	0.402	0.466

Note. ‘A’ refers to the specific comorbidity entered as the “occurrence of the specific comorbidity” variable; PF=physical functioning, PRL=physical role limitation, GH=general health perception, ERL=emotional role limitation, SF=social functioning, EW=emotional wellbeing, PCS=physical component summary, MCS=mental component summary; Age is controlled.

p<0.05;

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p<0.01;

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p<0.001.