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. 2020 Feb 26;10:3472. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59458-6

Table 5.

Adjusted means for HRQL dimensions according to the baseline level of PF (quartiles).

n Q1 (n = 2340) Q2 (n = 1493) Q3 (n = 1631) Q4 (n = 1410) p value
General health 6490 Model 1 56.53 (55.75–57.3) 61.42 (60.49–62.35) 63.13 (62.24–64.02) 64.29 (63.29–65.28) <0.001
Model 2 49.15 (45.4–52.89) 52.94 (49.18–56.7) 53.7 (49.91–57.49) 54.08 (50.29–57.87) <0.001
Physical function 6363 Model 1 69.04 (68.25–69.83) 76.87 (75.94–77.81) 79.67 (78.76–80.57) 82.3 (81.3–83.3) <0.001
Model 2 64.18 (60.27–68.09) 70.85 (66.93–74.77) 72.42 (68.47–76.36) 73.61 (69.65–77.56) <0.001
Physical role 6636 Model 1 66.9 (65.39–68.4) 76.55 (74.76–78.34) 80.23 (78.51–81.94) 81.6 (79.68–83.52) <0.001
Model 2 51.56 (44.17–58.94) 59.87 (52.46–67.28) 62.53 (55.06–69.99) 62.79 (55.32–70.27) <0.001
Emotional role 6678 Model 1 83.04 (81.74–84.35) 88.2 (86.64–89.76) 88.13 (86.64–89.62) 89.23 (87.57–90.9) <0.001
Model 2 76.01 (69.37–82.65) 80.23 (73.55–86.91) 80.2 (73.49–86.92) 81.17 (74.45–87.9) <0.001
Vitality 6435 Model 1 57.62 (56.72–58.51) 63.52 (62.44–64.59) 66.02 (65–67.05) 68.12 (66.98–69.27) <0.001
Model 2 54.67 (50.34–58.99) 59.28 (54.94–63.62) 61.26 (56.89–65.64) 62.48 (58.09–66.86) <0.001
Mental health 6269 Model 1 70.86 (70.03–71.69) 75.35 (74.35–76.34) 75.88 (74.93–76.84) 76.77 (75.7–77.84) <0.001
Model 2 65.22 (61.31–69.13) 68.73 (64.81–72.66) 69.37 (65.41–73.32) 69.96 (66–73.93) <0.001
Social function 6591 Model 1 81.01 (80.11–81.9) 86.88 (85.81–87.96) 87.93 (86.9–88.95) 88.86 (87.71–90) <0.001
Model 2 73.73 (69.27–78.19) 78.8 (74.32–83.28) 79.42 (74.92–83.93) 79.82 (75.3–84.33) <0.001
Body pain 6719 Model 1 60.02 (58.94–61.11) 68.13 (66.83–69.42) 71.11 (69.86–72.35) 73.1 (71.7–74.49) <0.001
Model 2 50.47 (45.02–55.91) 57.08 (51.62–62.54) 58.93 (53.43–64.43) 59.62 (54.11–65.13) <0.001
Aggregated Physical Dimensions 5446 Model 1 42.47 (42.07–42.87) 45.69 (45.22–46.17) 46.85 (46.39–47.3) 47.81 (47.31–48.31) <0.001
Model 2 39.34 (37.34–41.34) 42.04 (40.03–44.06) 42.58 (40.56–44.6) 42.91 (40.88–44.93) <0.001
Aggregated Mental Dimensions 5446 Model 1 49.91 (49.42–50.4) 51.55 (50.96–52.14) 51.62 (51.05–52.18) 51.61 (50.99–52.23) <0.001
Model 2 47.59 (45.15–50.02) 48.88 (46.43–51.33) 49.15 (46.69–51.61) 49.18 (46.72–51.64) <0.001

Q1 (0–11 repetitions); Q2 (12–13 repetitions); Q3 (14–16 repetitions); Q4 (17–37 repetitions).

Mean ± (95% confidence interval).

Model 1: ANCOVA adjusted for age, sex and recruitment center.

Model 2. ANCOVA adjusted for age, sex, recruitment center, smoking status, adherence to er-MD, BMI, civil status, educational level, sleep hours, working status, TV hours and prevalence of type 2 diabetes, depression, hypertension and cancer.

Significant p values in bold.