Table 5.

Convergent validity of the Italian HeartQoL subscales with the MacNew subscales in the total cohort and in patients with angina pectoris (AP), myocardial infarction (MI), or ischemic heart failure (IHF)

	HeartQoL
	Physical subscale	Emotional subscale	p-value#
Total cohort (N = 472)
MacNew Physical	0.75	0.70	0.05
MacNew Emotional	0.57	0.81	< 0.001
p value#	< 0.001	< 0.001
AP (N = 183)
MacNew Physical	0.74	0.71	0.427
MacNew Emotional	0.59	0.81	< 0.001
p value#	< 0.01	< 0.05
MI (N = 167)
MacNew Physical	0.71	0.72	0.094
MacNew Emotional	0.57	0.84	< 0.001
p value#	< 0.05	< 0.01
IHF (N = 122)
MacNew Physical	0.73	0.64	0.274
MacNew Emotional	0.51	0.79	< 0.001
p value#	< 0.01	< 0.01

N number of patients;

Strong Pearson’s correlation coefficients between similar HeartQoL and MacNew subscales are bolded; all correlation coefficients, p < 0.01

^#Steiger’s test for comparing Pearson’s correlations