Table 4.
Predictors of quality of life in multiway analysis of co-variance. PORTAAT study conducted in The City of Pori, Finland in 2014.
| Predictors of quality of life | Model based EUROHIS-QOL mean scores (95% confidence intervals) | Degrees of freedom | F-score | p-Value | p-Values for group comparisons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of sleep | 3 | 29.63 | <0.0001 | |||
| Very good | 4.09 (3.97–4.21) | Very good vs. Good | 0.0041 | |||
| Good | 3.91 (3.82–4.00) | Very good vs. Poor | <0.0001 | |||
| Poor | 3.63 (3.53–3.73) | Very good vs. Very poor | <0.0001 | |||
| Very poor | 3.39 (3.16–3.62) | Good vs. Poor | <0.0001 | |||
| Poor vs. Very poor | 0.14 | |||||
| Cardiovascular health profiles | 2 | 18.26 | <0.0001 | |||
| Ideal (5–7 metrics) | 3.92 (3.80–4.03) | Ideal vs. Poor | < 0.0001 | |||
| Intermediate (3–4 metrics) | 3.75 (3.65–3.86) | Ideal vs. Intermediate | 0.0003 | |||
| Poor (0–2 metrics) | 3.60 (3.48–3.71) | Poor vs. Intermediate | 0.0016 | |||
| Disease burdena | 1 | 18.92 | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 3.68 (3.58–3.78) | |||||
| No | 3.83 (3.73–3.94) | |||||
| Education | 2 | 4.48 | 0.012 | |||
| Vocational school | 3.70 (3.49–3.91) | Vocational vs. College | 0.94 | |||
| College-level | 3.73 (3.65–3.82) | Vocational vs. University | 0.36 | |||
| University-level | 3.84 (3.75–3.92) | College vs. University | 0.0089 | |||
| Cohabiting | 1 | 4.31 | 0.038 | |||
| Yes | 3.80 (3.70–3.90) | |||||
| No | 3.71 (3.60–3.83) | |||||
| Gender | 1 | 3.71 | 0.054 | |||
| Female | 3.81 (3.72–3.90) | |||||
| Male | 3.71 (3.58–3.84) | |||||
| Age, slope estimateb (SE) | 0.0058 (0.0019) | 1 | 8.87 | 0.0030 | ||
The impact of each variable on the outcome is displayed after adjusting for all other variables.
SE = standard error.
a
At least one chronic disease diagnosed by a physician.
b
Slope value indicates the mean increase in EUROHIS-QOL mean score for one year older person.