. 2020 Nov 2;3(1):e20747. doi: 10.2196/20747

Table 3.

Correlation of the mean scores of the quality of life with the demographic and health information of patients with heart failure.

Variables, groups		Quality of life
Variables, groups		Mean (SD)	P value
Sex				.51^a
	Male	46.06 (17.56)
	Female	44.00 (13.95)
Age (years)		N/A^b	.74^c
Education level				.76^d
	Elementary to high school	46.20 (15.69)
	After high school and before entering university	43.64 (16.06)
	University degree	44.7 (18.23)
Marital status				.08^a
	Married	52.35 (12.7)
	Single	44.15 (16.32)
Employment status				.48^d
	Unemployed	50.81 (16.29)
	Housewife	42.75 (12.9)
	Employed	45.71 (19.09)
	Retired	46.29 (17.42)
Income adequacy				.02^d
	Adequate	40.29 (14.92)
	Somewhat adequate	43.57 (14.72)
	Not adequate	50.86 (17.02)
Time since the diagnosis (years)		N/A	.08^c
Body mass index		N/A	.64^c
Cigarette smoking				.20^a
	Yes	44.38 (15.83)
	No	49.98 (17.32)
Comorbidities				.89^a
	No	45.53 (17.23)
	Yes	45.06 (15.77)
Previous hospitalization in last 3 months because of heart failure				<.001^a
	Yes	38.26 (10.45)
	No	52.50 (17.78)
Ejection fraction		N/A	.07^c

^aIndependent t test.

^bN/A: not applicable.

^cPearson correlation test.

^dAnalysis of variance test.