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. 2020 Jul 6;21:441. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03399-8

Table 3.

OLS models on the predictive effects of ASA classes on HRQoL score preoperatively (n = 69,290)

Model components Model estimates
Patient-reported EQ VAS Swedish VAS German VAS Danish VASb UK VASb
β RSEa β RSEa β RSEa Β RSEa β RSEa
Intercept 0.594* 0.0017 0.562* 0.0011 0.510* 0.0010 0.461* 0.0010 0.520* 0.0014
ASA class II −0.038* 0.0020 −0.024* 0.0014 − 0.022* 0.0012 −0.024* 0.0012 −0.030* 0.0017
ASA class III −0.084* 0.0028 −0.060* 0.0019 −0.053* 0.0018 −0.061* 0.0017 −0.078* 0.0025
ASA class IV −0.125* 0.0151 −0.099* 0.0100 −0.088* 0.0095 −0.102* 0.0104 − 0.138* 0.0135
R2 0.0138 0.0145 0.0136 0.0188 0.0154
MAE 0.184 0.129 0.117 0.108 0.179
Normalized MAE 0.184 0.180 0.165 0.092 0.167
RMSE 0.222 0.153 0.140 0.138 0.195
Normalized RMSE 0.222 0.214 0.197 0.108 0.182
Spearman Rank correlation 0.129 0.112 0.162 0.132 0.125
Model components Swedish TTO German TTOb Danish TTOb UK TTOb
β RSEa β RSEa β RSEa Β RSEa
Intercept 0.749* 0.0008 0.581* 0.0020 0.577* 0.0016 0.460* 0.0023
ASA class II −0.018* 0.0010 −0.038* 0.0025 −0.033* 0.0020 −0.045* 0.0027
ASA class III −0.046* 0.0014 −0.098* 0.0035 −0.089* 0.0030 −0.118* 0.0039
ASA Class IV −0.079* 0.0079 −0.179* 0.0190 −0.163* 0.0174 −0.213* 0.0215
R2 0.0156 0.0119 0.0150 0.0138
MAE 0.094 0.269 0.201 0.293
Normalized MAE 0.149 0.223 0.124 0.184
RMSE 0.114 0.278 0.227 0.311
Normalized RMSE 0.181 0.231 0.140 0.195
Spearman Rank correlation 0.114 0.125 0.141 0.116

MAE mean absolute error, RMSE root mean square error, RSE robust standard error

*P < 0.001

aHeteroskedasticity-consistent standard error;

bHypothetical perspective