Table 4.

CVID_QoL scores of selected items by sociodemographic and clinical variables

		Q.5 I had to give up making long-term plans	Q.9 I had discomfort and/or pain in my joints	Q.11 I was afraid I would run out of medication	Q.12 I was afraid of adverse reaction to Ig therapy	Q.15 I felt less independent than usual	Q.24 Ig therapy bothered me	Q.31 I felt troubled by relationship with other patients	Q32 I felt tired
Age	p value	0.314	< 0.0001	0.191	0.618	0.011	0.120	0.003	0.242
≥ 40 year	Mean (SD)	1.5 (1.4)	1.9 (1.3)	0.7 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	1.1 (1.1)	0.7 (0.9)	0.4 (0.8)	2.2 (1.2)
< 40 year	Mean (SD)	1.4 (1.2)	1.3 (1.2)	0.6 (0.9)	0.6 (0.9)	0.8 (1.0)	0.9 (1.0)	0.1 (0.4)	2.0 (1.2)
Sex	p value	0.001	0.009	0.881	0.449	0.007	0.221	0.112	< 0.0001
Female	Mean (SD)	1.7 (1.3)	1.9 (1.3)	0.7 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	1.2 (1.1)	0.8 (1.0)	0.4 (0.8)	2.4 (1.2)
Male	Mean (SD)	1.2 (1.3)	1.5 (1.2)	0.7 (1.0)	0.6 (1.0)	0.9 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	0.2 (0.5)	1.8 (1.2)
COPD	p value	0.011	0.066	0.056	1.000	0.013	0.704	0.216	0.004
Yes	Mean (SD)	1.9 (1.3)	2.0 (1.3)	0.9 (1.2)	0.7 (1.0)	1.4 (1.2)	0.8 (1.0)	0.4 (0.7)	2.5 (1.1)
No	Mean (SD)	1.4 (1.3)	1.7 (1.3)	0.7 (0.9)	0.7 (0.9)	0.9 (1.0)	0.8 (0.9)	0.3 (0.7)	2.0 (1.2)
Enteropathy	p value	0.046	0.140	0.512	0.289	0.106	0.408	0.986	0.128
Yes	Mean (SD)	1.8 (1.3)	1.9 (1.0)	0.6 (0.9)	0.8 (1.1)	1.2 (1.2)	0.8 (1.0)	0.3 (0.7)	2.3 (1.2)
No	Mean (SD)	1.4 (1.3)	1.7 (1.4)	0.7 (1.0)	0.6 (0.9)	1.0 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	0.3 (0.7)	2.1 (1.2)
Autoimmunity	p value	0.173	0.080	0.615	0.747	0.523	0.079	0.586	0.123
Yes	Mean (SD)	1.6 (1.3)	1.9 (1.2)	0.6 (1.0)	0.6 (0.9)	1.1 (1.1)	0.9 (1.0)	0.3 (0.6)	2.3 (1.1)
No	Mean (SD)	1.4 (1.3)	1.7 (1.3)	0.7 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	1.0 (1.1)	0.7 (0.9)	0.3 (0.7)	2.1 (1.2)
Education	p value	0.013	< 0.0001	0.131	0.103	0.078	0.382	0.197	0.257
≥ High school	Mean (SD)	1.4 (1.3)	1.6 (1.3)	0.7 (0.9)	0.6 (0.9)	1.0 (1.1)	0.7 (1.0)	0.3 (0.6)	2.1 (1.2)
< High school	Mean (SD)	1.8 (1.4)	2.2 (1.2)	0.9 (1.2)	0.8 (0.9)	1.2 (1.2)	0.9 (0.9)	0.4 (0.8)	2.3 (1.3)
Occupation	p value	0.002	0.001	0.401	0.048	0.001	0.819	0.307	0.013
Employed	Mean (SD)	1.2 (1.3)	1.5 (1.3)	0.7 (1.0)	0.6 (0.8)	0.8 (1.0)	0.8 (1.0)	0.3 (0.6)	2.0 (1.2)
Unemployed	Mean (SD)	1.7 (1.4)	2.0 (1.3)	0.8 (1.0)	0.8 (1.0)	1.3 (1.1)	0.8 (0.9)	0.3 (0.8)	2.3 (1.2)
GHQ status	p value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.126	0.002	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.002	< 0.0001
Positive	Mean (SD)	1.9 (1.3)	2.1 (1.3)	0.8 (1.0)	0.9 (1.0)	1.4 (1.1)	1.0 (1.0)	0.5 (0.9)	2.7 (1.0)
Negative	Mean (SD)	1.0 (1.2)	1.4 (1.2)	0.6 (0.9)	0.5 (0.8)	0.6 (0.9)	0.6 (0.8)	0.2 (0.5)	1.7 (1.1)

Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; SD, standard deviation; Q, question (number)