Table 4.

Predictors of QoL and psychological health outcomes in women with PCOS using linear regression.

Outcome measure†	Variable	Standardized beta value	p-value
			Unadjusted	Adjusted
WHOQOL Physical health R2 = 0.242	Age	−0.102	0.36	0.55
	BMI	0.102	0.98	0.56
	ODI	−0.327	0.17	0.063
	ESS	−0.527	0.003	0.003
WHOQOL Psychological health R2 = 0.133	Age	0.264	0.17	0.16
	BMI	0.125	0.83	0.51
	ODI	−0.174	0.80	0.34
	ESS	−0.442	0.009	0.017
WHOQOL Environment R2 = 0.122	Age	−0.032	0.45	0.86
	BMI	0.059	0.09	0.75
	ODI	−0.472	0.006	0.013
	ESS	0.061	0.41	0.73
PCOSQ weight R2 = 0.207	Age	0.100	0.28	0.56
	BMI	−0.243	0.034	0.17
	ODI	−0.090	0.74	0.60
	ESS	−0.440	0.003	0.012
PCOSQ infertility R2 = 0.365	Age	0.400	0.012	0.014
	BMI	−0.225	0.006	0.16
	ODI	−0.446	0.018	0.007
	ESS	−0.086	0.66	0.56
PCOSQ Menstruation R2 = 0.090	Age	0.109	0.83	0.56
	BMI	0.048	0.58	0.80
	ODI	−0.457	0.021	0.018
	ESS	−0.185	0.46	0.30
HADS anxiety R2 = 0.116	Age	−0.154	0.28	0.40
	BMI	−0.029	0.71	0.88
	ODI	−0.032	0.50	0.86
	ESS	0.443	0.004	0.016
HADS Depression R2 = 0.163	Age	−0.191	0.24	0.29
	BMI	0.013	0.34	0.94
	ODI	0.179	0.64	0.31
	ESS	0.472	0.003	0.009

BMI, body mass index; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ODI, oxygen desaturation index; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; PCOSQ, PCOS health-related quality of life questionnaire; QoL, quality of life; WHOQOL, World Health Organization QoL-BREF questionnaire.

^†R² given is for the adjusted model.