Table 3.

Age effects on health-related quality of life and well-being (adjusted for gender, education and marital status)

	Health-Related Quality of Life†		Well-being‡
	SF-12 Physical Health	SF-12 Mental Health	Anxiety	Depression	Perceived Control over Life	Affective Distress
Predictors
Age linear	−0.08±0.13	0.19**±0.13	−0.26***±0.12	−0.13*±0.13	0.20*±0.17	−0.22**±0.13
Age quadratic					−0.17*±0.16
R2	0.12	0.11	0.16	0.10	0.07	0.12

Reported are standardized regression coefficients (β, ±95% symmetric confidence interval).

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001.

^†Higher scores indicate better physical/mental health.

^‡Higher scores indicate higher anxiety, higher depression, higher perceived control over life, and more affective distress.