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Table 6 Linear multivariate regression of EQ-5D index, according to diabetes type

From: Health-related quality of life in diabetes: The associations of complications with EQ-5D scores

 

Type 1

Type 2

N

165

356

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

P > |t|

Coefficient (95% CI)

P > |t|

Constant

1.092 (0.921 to 1.263)

<0.001

0.990 (0.787 to 1.193)

<0.001

Sex (male = 0, female = 1)

0.041 (-0.023 to 0.105)

0.210

0.024 (-0.016 to 0.064)

0.240

Age (in 10 years)

-0.003 (-0.022 to 0.016)

0.749

0.0004 (-0.017 to 0.017)

0.967

Impaired vision (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.063 (-0.169 to 0.044)

0.245

-0.012 (-0.074 to 0.051)

0.711

Ischemic heart disease (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.181 (-0.331 to -0.031)

0.019

-0.037 (-0.103 to 0.030)

0.276

Proteinuria (no = 0, yes = 1)

0.089 (-0.036 to 0.215)

0.161

0.043 (-0.019 to 0.106)

0.174

Foot Ulcer (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.083 (-0.271 to 0.105)

0.383

-0.016 (-0.134 to 0.101)

0.783

Stroke (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.291 (-0.475 to -0.108)

0.002

-0.135 (-0.247 to -0.023)

0.018

Neuropathy (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.358 (-0.535 to -0.180)

<0.001

-0.187 (-0.316 to -0.057)

0.005

Body mass index (kg/m2 )

-0.004 (-0.008 to 0.001)

0.123

-0.002 (-0.007 to 0.002)

0.307

Disability pension (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.111 (-0.191 to -0.030)

0.008

-0.100 (-0.153 to -0.046)

<0.001

Number of hospital admissions during previous 6 months

0.003 (-0.042 to 0.049)

0.880

-0.028 (-0.076 to 0.020)

0.255

Receives help from others (no = 0, yes = 1)

-0.090 (-0.217 to 0.037)

0.166

-0.123 (-0.185 to -0.060)

<0.001

Hypoglycaemia index#

-0.023 (-0.071 to 0.025)

0.337

-0.004 (-0.039 to 0.032)

0.839

Fear of hypoglycaemia## (small = 0, large = 1)

-0.021 (-0.073 to 0.031)

0.432

-0.078 (-0.129 to -0.028)

0.003

Limitations at work## (small = 0, large = 1)

-0.023 (-0.089 to 0.043)

0.494

-0.087 (-0.148 to -0.025)

0.006

Limitations socially## (small = 0, large = 1)

-0.107 (-0.188 to -0.026)

0.010

-0.002 (-0.049 to 0.046)

0.944

  1. # Self reported episodes of hypoglycaemia, with 4 levels of severity (level 1 = hypoglycaemia cured with the intake of for example fluids containing sugar, no help from other required, level 2 = hypoglycaemia cured with the intake of for example fluids containing sugar, help from others required, level 3 = hypoglycaemia with help from doctor required (no hospital admission), level 4 = hypoglycaemia resulting in hospital admission), then added with severity weights (level 1 Ă— 1, level 2 Ă— 2, level 3 Ă— 3, level 4 Ă— 4) and finally divided in 3 groups 0, 1-11 and 12 to max ## Self reported on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 = not at all, 5 = very much), recoded to 2 levels (> and < than 2.5 due to imputed values having values with decimals)