Table 3.
Regression analysis results for proportional differences in the Chinese DWs compared with GBD 2013 study and Japanese DWs for 206 comparable health states.
| China-GBD 2013 |
China-Japan |
Japan-GBD2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom (number of lay descriptionsa) |
Coefficient | 95% CI | p-value | Coefficient | 95% CI | p-value | Coefficient | 95% CI | p-value |
| Mobility (26) | -46·24 | -86·87 to -5·60 | 0·03 | -42·77 | -79·12 to -6·41 | 0·02 | -7·13 | -49·70 to -35·45 | 0·74 |
| Pain (72) | -40·14 | -71·52 to -8·76 | 0·01 | -64·43 | -91·32 to -37·52 | 0·000* | 40·95 | 9·45 to 72·45 | 0·01 |
| Mental symptom (58) | -73·95 | -105·16 to -42·74 | 0·000* | -30·52 | -58·50 to -2·54 | 0·03 | -49·14 | -81·91 to -16·38 | 0·004 |
| Fatigue (50) | -43·66 | -75·80 to -11·52 | 0·01 | 2.01 | -24·86 to 28·88 | 0·88 | -29·03 | -60·50 to 2.44 | 0·07 |
| Disfigurement (9) | 53·41 | -13·01 to 119·83 | 0·11 | -40·01 | -103·38 to 23·36 | 0·21 | 71·07 | -3.13 to 145·28 | 0·06 |
| Sensory symptom (21) | -14·97 | -65·23 to 35·28 | 0·56 | -71·96 | -114·92 to -29·00 | 0·001 | 56·27 | 5·96 to 106·58 | 0·03 |
| Infection/diarrhoea (16) | -43·88 | -95·43 to 7·67 | 0·10 | -66·47 | -113·63 to -19·33 | 0·01 | 47·28 | -7·94 to 102·49 | 0·09 |
| Substance use (13) | 35·02 | -21·38 to 91·41 | 0·22 | -83·37 | -160·14 to -6·60 | 0·03 | -39·36 | -129·26 to 50·53 | 0·39 |
| ADL (83) | -20·70 | -49·08 to 7·69 | 0·15 | -27·82 | -52·45 to -3·20 | 0·03 | 15·53 | -13·31 to 44·37 | 0·29 |
| Cognitive symptom (30) | -68·33 | -110·90 to -25·75 | 0·002 | -47·10 | -84·35 to -9·84 | 0·01 | -20·35 | -63·97 to 23·28 | 0·36 |
| Others (75) | -37·66 | -67·02 to -8·29 | 0·000* | -9·89 | -35·86 to 16·08 | 0·45 | -7·60 | -38·01 to 22·81 | 0·62 |
a
The number of lay descriptions add to more than the total because lay descriptions often combine several symptom categories.
DW: disability weight; ADL: activities of daily living; Others: other physical symptoms, including dyspnoea, nausea, palpitations, reduced appetite, sleeping problems; CI: confidence intervals.
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Correlation coefficients significantly different from zero (p < 0·05).