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. 2021 Sep 28;19:227. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02098-y

Table 3.

Adjusted parameter estimates from multilevel modelling of EQ-VAS scores and multi-morbidity classes, regression coefficient, and 95% confidence intervals

Variable Regression coefficient (95% CI) P value
Intercept 48.39 (40.06 to 56.72)
Month, baseline (ref)
 1 month 4.62 (4.04 to 5.19) <0.001*
 6 months 3.43 (2.11 to 4.75) <0.001*
 12 months −1.10 (−3.55 to 1.35) 0.38

Multimorbidity classes

Mild (ref)

 Moderate −0.98 (−1.93 to −0.04) 0.04
 Severe −5.12 (−7.04 to −3.19) <0.001*
Diagnosis(STEMI) ref
 Diagnosis (NSTEMI) −0.26 (−1.19 to 0.65) 0.57
 Age 0.12 (0.08 to 0.15) <0.001*
 Women −4.17 (−5.02 to −3.32) <0.001*
 Ethnicity White 0.81 (−1.61 to 3.24 0.51
 Ex/current smoking status −1.07 (−1.84 to -0.30) 0.01
 Previous MI −1.37 (−2.64 to −0.10) 0.03
 Previous Angina −2.15 (−3.27 to −1.04) <0.001*
Treatments
 Previous PCI −1.53 (−2.96 to 0.11) 0.035
 Previous CABG surgery −3.03 (−4.64 to −1.42) <0.001*

Adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity (white versus other) smoking status (never vs ex or current), past medical history of MI, angina, diagnosis (STEMI or NSTEMI), revascularisation (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] vs. no PCI; coronary artery bypass graft [CABG] surgery vs no CABG surgery), medications (B-blockers, statins, ACE, aspirin), cardiac rehabilitation (yes/no), and interactions of time and multimorbidity. Note: CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, MI myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, *Significant after Hochberg correction using a false discovery rate of 0.05