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. 2021 Jul 12;19(2):1473–1481. doi: 10.1007/s40201-021-00702-0

Table. 4.

crude and adjusted association between Quality of life and determining factors

Social relationships Environment
Model 1a Model 2b Model 1a Model 2b
Smoking status
 Unexposed Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Secondhand -0.24 (-0.67 to 0.18) 0.04 (-0.37 to 0.44) -0.34 (-0.72 to 0.04) -0.09 (-0.44 to 0.26)
 Mild active -0.39 (-0.65 to -0.13)c -0.35 (-0.62 to -0.09)c -0.48 (-0.71 to -0.24)c -0.47 (-0.70 to -0.24)c
 Moderate active 0.25 (-0.35 to 0.87) 0.14 (-0.45 to 0.74) -0.59 (-1.14 to -0.04)c -0.72 (-1.22 to -0.19)c
 Severe active -0.56 (-1.02 to -0.10)c -0.41 (-0.89 to -0.06)c -0.95 (-1.35 to -0.54)c -0.69 (-1.08 to -0.26)c
Sex
 Female Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Male 0.15 (-0.09 to 0.39)c 0.03 (-0.24 to 0.29)c -0.38 (-0.60 to -0.16)c 0.05 (-0.18 to 0.28)c
 Age 0.01 (-0.01 to 0.02) -0.01 (-0.02 to 0.01) -0.01 (-0.02 to 0.1) -0.01 (-0.02 to 0.01)
Marital Status
 Married Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Single -0.75 (-1.01 to -0.43)c -0.86 (-1.18 to -0.55)c 0.26 (-0.02 to 0.55) 0.02 (-0.24 to 0.30)
 Divorced or Widowed -0.90 (-1.5 to -0.28)c -0.44 (-1.07 to 0.18)c -0.45 (-1.17 to 0.11) -0.06 (-0.60 to 0.47)
Wealth index
 Highest (richest) Ref Ref Ref Ref
 High -0.12 (-0.48 to 0.25) -0.07 (-0.41 to 0.28) -0.54 (-0.85 to -0.23)c -0.51 (-0.81 to -0.20)c
 Middle -0.31 (-0.67 to 0.05) -0.18 (-0.54 to 0.17)c -1.10 (-1.41 to -0.79)c -1.00 (-1.31 to -0.69)c
 Low -0.55 (-0.92 to -0.18)c -0.37 (-0.75 to -0.07)c -1.44 (-1.75 to -1.12)c -1.23 (-1.55 to -0.91)c
 Lowest (poorest) -0.66 (-1.04 to0.30) -0.48 (-0.88 to -0.06)c -2.31 (-2.62 to -1.99)c -2.01 (-2.37 to -1.66)c
Education Level
 MSc, Ph.D., Post Doc Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Illiterate or Primary -0.39 (-1.01 to 0.22) 0.01 (-0.65 to 0.66) -2.39 (-2.93 to -1.85)c -0.90 (-1.47 to -0.33)c
 Intermediate -0.22 (-0.81 to 0.38) 0.19 (-0.42 to 0.79) -1.49 (-2.01 to -0.98)c -0.11 (-0.64 to 0.41)
 Diploma -0.39 (-0.74 to -0.03)c -0.07 (-0.46 to 0.31) -0.94 (-1.25 to -0.63)c 0.10 (-0.23 to 0.43)
 Upper Diploma 0.03 (-0.42 to 0.48) 0.25 (-0.19 to 0.69) -0.78 (-1.17 to -0.38)c -0.06 (-0.44 to 0.32)
 Bachelor of Science -0.02 (-0.31 to 0.26) 0.11 (-0.17 to 0.39) -0.56 (-0.80 to -0.30)c -0.16 (-0.40 to 0.08)

a: The effect of each independent variable on the mean score of Quality of life (univariate analysis)

b: The effect of each variable, by adjusting the effect of other variables on the mean score of Quality of life (multiple analysis)

c: Bold indicates p-value <; 0.05