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Table 4 Association (coefficient and 95% confidence interval) of the respiratory symptom factors with the physical component summary (PCS) and the mental component summary (MCS) in subjects with neither asthma nor COPD.

From: Respiratory symptoms in adults are related to impaired quality of life, regardless of asthma and COPD: results from the European community respiratory health survey

 

PCS

MCS

 

Coeff.

95% CI

p

Coeff.

95% CI

p

Model 1 #

        

Wheezing/breathlessness

-1.88

(-2.24,

-1.52)

< 0.001

-1.57

(-1.95,

-1.18)

< 0.001

Cough/phlegm

-1.04

(-1.37,

-0.71)

< 0.001

-0.92

(-1.28,

-0.55)

< 0.001

Model 2 ##

        

Wheezing/breathlessness

-1.85

(-2.28,

-1.41)

< 0.001

-1.40

(-1.88,

-0.92)

< 0.001

Cough/phlegm

-0.96

(-1.35,

-0.57)

< 0.001

-0.94

(-1.36,

-0.52)

< 0.001

  1. # Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, occupation, body mass index, comorbidity, and centre.
  2. ## Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, occupation, body mass index, comorbidity, centre, atopy, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and FEV1
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