Table 2.

Association Between Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Sarcoidosis

Dependent Variable	B Value	P Value
Health-related quality of lifea
St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire	−1.98	.02
King’s Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire	1.05	.01
Pulmonary function testsa
FVC % predicted (n = 68)	1.45	.27
FEV1 % predicted (n = 68)	1.37	.34
Dlco % predicted (n = 65)	0.70	.62

Health-Care Utilizationb	OR	P Value
ED visits in last 6 mo	0.91	.32
Hospitalization in last 12 mo	1.11	.40

Covariates for all models included the following: age, race, education, income, organ involvement, medication regimen, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and disease duration. Lower scores on the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire indicate better heath-related quality of life and higher scores on the King’s Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire indicate better heath-related quality of life. See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.

^aMultiple linear regression.

^bMultiple logistic regression.