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. 2019 Apr 18;17:69. doi: 10.1186/s12955-019-1134-9

Table 3.

Disutilities in populations with specific diseases adjusted by gender and age

Utilitya Adjusted disutility
Mean (SD) Estimated Meanb Absolute difference Relative difference
Men population
 Acute myocardial infarction 0.8249 (0.25) 0.9127 − 0.0413 −4.33%
 Other heart diseases 0.8335 (0.22) 0.9019 −0.0534 −5.59%
 Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism 0.8762 (0.19) 0.9030 −0.0664 −6.85%
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.8355 (0.22) 0.8987 − 0.0569 −5.95%
 Diabetes 0.8576 (0.21) 0.9178 −0.0378 −3.96%
 Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction 0.8011 (0.26) 0.8477 −0.1062 −11.13%
 Mental health diseases 0.7710 (0.25) 0.8051 −0.1587 −16.47%
 Stroke 0.7166 (0.30) 0.8074 −0.1471 −15.41%
Women population
 Acute myocardial infarction 0.6591 (0.29) 0.7781 - 0.1413 −15.37%
 Other heart diseases 0.7117 (0.28) 0.8294 - 0.0936 −10.14%
 Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism 0.8153 (0.23) 0.8591 - 0.1025 −10.66%
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.7478 (0.26) 0.8228 - 0.0998 −10.82%
 Diabetes 0.7445 (0.28) 0.8485 - 0.0747 −8.09%
 Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction 0.7122 (0.27) 0.7993 - 0.1203 −13.08%
 Mental health diseases 0.7281 (0.26) 0.7871 - 0.1583 −16.74%
 Stroke 0.5814 (0.35) 0.7080 - 0.2119 −23.04%
Total population
 Acute myocardial infarction 0.7796 (0.27) 0.8836 − 0.0527 −5.63%
 Other heart diseases 0.7714 (0.26) 0.8678 −0.0712 −7.58%
 Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism 0.8380 (0.22) 0.8760 − 0.0900 −9.32%
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.7926 (0.24) 0.8641 −0.0747 −7.96%
 Diabetes 0.8029 (0.25) 0.8874 −0.0518 −5.52%
 Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction 0.7594 (0.27) 0.8273 −0.1092 −11.66%
 Mental health diseases 0.7403 (0.26) 0.7927 −0.1624 −17.00%
 Stroke 0.6556 (0.33) 0.7654 −0.1716 −18.31%

aUtility in the subgroup with the chronic condition without adjustment. bTwo-step adjusted utility in the subgroup with the chronic condition