Table 4.

Disutilities in populations with specific diseases adjusted by social class and age

	Utility	Adjusted disutility*
	Mean (SD)a	Estimated Meanb	Absolute difference	Relative difference
Low social class
Acute myocardial infarction	0.7539 (0.26)	0.8631	−0.0654	−7.04%
Other heart diseases	0.7517 (0.26)	0.8598	−0.0713	−7.65%
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism	0.8167 (0.23)	0.8680	−0.0953	−9.89%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.7706 (0.25)	0.8508	−0.0811	−8.70%
Diabetes	0.7763 (0.26)	0.8749	−0.0574	−6.16%
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction	0.7360 (0.26)	0.8149	−0.1137	−12.24%
Mental health diseases	0.7176 (0.27)	0.7762	−0.1765	−18.52%
Stroke	0.6582 (0.32)	0.7980	−0.1305	−14.05%
Middle social class
Acute myocardial infarction	0.8040 (0.26)	0.9087	−0.0365	−3.86%
Other heart diseases	0.7948 (0.25)	0.8916	−0.0558	−5.89%
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism	0.8533 (0.20)	0.8919	−0.0776	−8.01%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.8171 (0.23)	0.8905	−0.0562	−5.93%
Diabetes	0.8309 (0.23)	0.9109	−0.0359	−3.80%
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction	0.7472 (0.29)	0.8293	−0.1165	−12.32%
Mental health diseases	0.7643 (0.24)	0.8162	−0.1445	−15.05%
Stroke	0.6370 (0.35)	0.7677	−0.1786	−18.87%
High social class
Acute myocardial infarction	0.8271 (0.32)	0.9374	−0.0204	−2.13%
Other heart diseases	0.7960 (0.27)	0.8937	−0.0669	−6.96%
Arthrosis, arthritis or rheumatism	0.8785 (0.20)	0.9089	−0.0671	−6.88%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.8448 (0.23)	0.9069	−0.0519	−5.42%
Diabetes	0.8604 (0.24)	0.9305	−0.0281	−2.93%
Cirrhosis, hepatic dysfunction	0.8459 (0.23)	0.9040	−0.0539	−5.63%
Mental health diseases	0.7799 (0.24)	0.8149	−0.1560	−16.07%
Stroke	0.6798 (0.35)	0.8162	−0.1428	−14.89%

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

*Adjusted by gender and age