Table 1.

Association between the characteristics of the participants and the EQ-5D scores they achieved

Characteristic	No. (%); Total = 306	EQ-5D score Median [Q1-Q3]	P-value*
Age group (years)
≤ 20	22 (7.2)	0.79 [0.68–0.82]	0.323 a
21–25	102 (33.3)	0.79 [0.67–0.86]
26–30	113 (36.9)	0.79 [0.65–0.88]
31–35	39 (12.7)	0.74 [0.60–0.82]
> 35	30 (9.8)	0.80 [0.67–0.86]
BMI group
Healthy weight	141 (46.1)	0.81 [0.69–0.88]	0.021 a
Overweight	118 (38.6)	0.77 [0.65–0.83]
Obese	47 (15.4)	0.74 [0.60–0.83]
Education level
Elementary school	4 (1.3)	0.76 [0.63–0.81]	0.005 a
Middle school	18 (5.9)	0.79 [0.71–0.84]
High school	66 (21.6)	0.81 [0.71–1.00]
University	218 (71.2)	0.77 [0.64–0.83]
Employment status
House-wife	238 (77.8)	0.70 [0.53–0.85]	0.133 a
Governmental employee	31 (10.1)	0.65 [0.50–0.80]
Private sector	37 (12.1)	0.70 [0.57–0.82]
Income
Low (< 2000 NIS)	123 (40.2)	0.79 [0.64–0.86]	0.577 a
Moderate (2000–4999 NIS)	147 (48)	0.79 [0.68–0.84]
High (≥5000 NIS)	36 (11.8)	0.80 [0.66–0.88]
Gestational trimester
First trimester	68 (22.2)	0.80 [0.70–0.87]	0.055 a
Second trimester	112 (36.6)	0.80 [0.68–0.87]
Third trimester	126 (41.2)	0.75 [0.63–0.83]
No. of children
0	60 (19.6)	0.79 [0.67–0.82]	0.869 a
1	92 (30.1)	0.79 [0.67–0.86]
2	64 (20.9)	0.80 [0.63–0.96]
3	44 (14.4)	0.77 [0.65–0.84]
≥ 4	46 (15.0)	0.78 [0.68–0.86]
Presence of chronic diseases
No	281 (91.8)	0.79 [0.68–0.86]	0.154 b
Yes	25 (8.2)	0.74 [0.63–0.83]
Drug history
No	287 (93.8)	0.79 [0.68–0.86]
Yes	19 (6.2)	0.74 [0.66–0.83]
			0.361 b
Regular exercise
No	275 (89.9)	0.79 [0.68–0.86]	0.401 b
Yes	31 (10.1)	0.80 [0.63–0.83]

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, EQ-5D European Quality of Life scale 5 dimensions, NIS New Israeli Shekel (1 New Israeli Shekel = 0.29 US Dollar)

* All significant p-values are displayed in bold

^a Calculated by Kruskal–Wallis test

^b Calculated by Mann–Whitney U test