Cancer history and other personal factors affect quality of life in patients with hepatitis C

Table 3 Patient characteristics and mean PCS and MCS scores (SD) according to patient characteristics

		#	%	PCS	MCS
Total		136	100	45.4 (10.6)	48.2 (11.1)
Gender	Male Female	72 64	53 47	47.3 (10.1) 43.3 (10.9)^a	50.7 (9.4) 45.3 (12.2)^b
Education	<12 years ≥12 years	28 108	21 79	40.8 (10.9) 46.6 (10.3)^b	45.9 (12.0) 48.7 (10.8)
Currently employed	No Yes	74 62	54 46	42.4 (10.7) 49.0 (9.4)^c	47.5 (11.7) 48.9 (10.3)
Physical activity^d	≤once/week >once/week	44 92	32 68	41.8 (11.4) 47.1 (9.9)^b	44.6 (12.3) 49.9 (10.1)^b
History of cancer	Yes	65	48	43.8 (10.1)	47.7 (10.4)
	No	71	52	46.9 (11.0)	48.6 (11.7)
Number of chronic conditions^e	<2 ≥2	76 60	56 44	48.8 (9.9) 41.1 (10.0)^c	49.7 (8.8) 46.2 (13.3)
History of depression	Yes	36	26	40.3 (10.3)	41.9 (10.6)
	No	100	74	47.2 (10.2)^c	50.4 (10.4)^c
ALT	≥100	26	20	42.0 (10.1)	49.9 (9.4)
	<100	107	80	46.4 (10.6)	47.8 (11.3)
History of heavy alcohol use^f	Yes	49	36	42.6 (11.1)	45.1 (11.7)
	No	87	64	47.0 (10.1)^a	49.9 (10.4)^a

^a p < 0.05 ^b p < 0.01 ^c p < .001. Numbers shown are for total sample, although actual number varies slightly for individual scales.
^d patients with high levels of physical activity participated in activities such as walking, jogging, active sports, aerobic exercises, and heavy physical activity at work more than once a week
^e includes heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, lung disease, thyroid disease, arthritis, asthma, stroke or transitional ischemic attack, Crohn's disease, colitis, ulcers, and psoriasis
^f >2 drinks of beer, wine, or liquor per day, on average, for men, and >1 drink per day for women.

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