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Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2020 Feb 20;29(7):1855–1869. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02441-5

Table 5:

Multivariate* PCS and MCS Models for Categories for Medical and Mental Comorbidities

Variable Adjusted Model 3: Most Parsimonious PCS Model& Adjusted Model 4: Most Parsimonious MCS Model$
β SE 95%CI P-Value β SE 95%CI P-Value
Medical Comorbidity Categories
 Diabetes
 MI and CV Diseases
 Cancers
 Other chronic medical Disorders
 No Chronic Medical Disorder

−3.44
−10.59
−3.19
−0.84
Ref.

1.17
2.25
1.19
2.10
Ref.

−5.74 – − 1.15
−15.01 – −6.18
−5.52 – − 0.86
−4.97 – 3.28
Ref.

0.003
<.0001
0.007
0.69
Ref.
Medical Comorbidity Categories*Time
  Diabetes*Time
  MI and CV Diseases*Time
  Cancers*Time
  Other chronic medical Disorders*Time
  No Chronic Medical Disorder*Time

0.65
2.10
0.55
0.32
Ref.

0.31
0.58
0.32
0.55
Ref.

0.04 – 1.25
0.96 – 3.25
−0.07 – 1.18
−0.76 – 1.40
Ref.

0.04
0.0003
0.08
0.56
Ref
Mental Comorbidity Categories
  Major Depressive Disorder
  Anxiety/Bipolar Disorder
  Alcohol Abuse
  Other Mental Comorbidities
  No Mental Comorbidity

−3.17
−3.81
−3.14
−2.99
Ref.

0.55
0.83
1.04
1.05
Ref.

−4.25 – 2.09
−5.44 – 2.17
−5.19 – 1.10
−5.05 – − 0.93
Ref.

<.0001
<.0001
0.003
0.005
Ref.

−4.98
−4.93
−3.40
−2.84
Ref.

0.55
0.84
1.05
1.05
Ref.

−6.07 – 3.90
−6.58 – 3.28
−5.46 – 1.35
−4.91 – − 0.78
Ref.

<.0001
<.0001
0.001
0.007
Ref.
Time (One-Yearly Increment) −0.76 0.29 −1.33 – − 0.20 0.008 0.10 0.08 −0.07 – 0.27 0.24
Intercept 61.50 1.89 57.78 – 65.22 <.0001 44.91 1.79 41.40 – 48.42 <.0001
*

Gray= p>0.2 in univariate analysis, so not included in model (see Tables 2 and 3);

&

Controlled for same set of covariates as in Table 4, Model 1;

$

Controlled for same set of covariates as in Table 4, Model 2

PCS: physical component summary scores; MCS: mental component summary scores; HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; PI-HAART: protease inhibitor-based HAART; NPI-HAART: non-protease inhibitor-based HAART; HAART-naïve: never received HAART; Off-HAART: received HAART in the past but not currently on HAART; β: beta; SE: standard error; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval