Table 3 Multiple linear regressions, by gender, with Global NHP score as the dependent variable.
From: Gender differences in health related quality of life of young heroin users
Women | Men | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 262 | N = 680 | N = 929 | |||||||
beta | Standardised beta | p value | beta | Standardised beta | p value | beta | Standardised beta | p value | |
Constant | 13.302 | 0.183 | 11.763 | 0.094 | 15.690 | 0.007 | |||
Men | -7.628 | -0.144 | 0.000 | ||||||
Age | -0.218 | -0.033 | 0.648 | 0.246 | 0.033 | 0.380 | 0.279 | 0.039 | 0.231 |
Work † | -5.095 | -0.103 | 0.003 | -5.056 | -0.100 | 0.001 | |||
Educational level > = Secondary | -6.251 | -0.133 | 0.000 | -5.509 | -0.116 | 0.000 | |||
Living arrangements † (ref.:flats) | |||||||||
Squats | -6.255 | -0.093 | 0.012 | -5.025 | -0.078 | 0.016 | |||
Homeless or institution | -1.608 | -0.025 | 0.495 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.998 | |||
Ever confined to bed † | 5.728 | 0.119 | 0.001 | 5.101 | 0.106 | 0.000 | |||
SDS* Heroin | 2.144 | 0.301 | 0.000 | 1.813 | 0.259 | 0.000 | 1.899 | 0.268 | 0.000 |
SDS Cocaine | 1.049 | 0.188 | 0.001 | 1.264 | 0.221 | 0.000 | 1.209 | 0.212 | 0.000 |
Length cocaine use | 0.915 | 0.153 | 0.033 | ||||||
Drug treatment (ref.: never) | |||||||||
Before last year | -3.114 | -0.053 | 0.223 | -1.963 | -0.032 | 0.374 | |||
Methadone last year | -5.622 | -0.115 | 0.014 | -4.880 | -0.100 | 0.012 | |||
Other last year | -4.244 | -0.063 | 0.125 | -2.590 | -0.037 | 0.275 | |||
Psychiatric treatment † | 9.330 | 0.100 | 0.004 | 7.330 | 0.082 | 0.005 | |||
Overdoses † | 7.113 | 0.082 | 0.019 | 5.413 | 0.061 | 0.038 | |||
HIV+ | 8.356 | 0.132 | 0.000 | -0.788 | -0.013 | 0.805 | |||
Alcohol consumption (g/day) | 0.055 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.023 | 0.080 | 0.007 | |||
Men * HIV + | 9.160 | 0.124 | 0.016 | ||||||
Adjusted R2 | 0.227 | 0.227 | 0.236 | ||||||