Determinants of quality of life in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Table 2 Results of multiple regression analysis for health-related quality of life and life satisfaction in adults with type 1 diabetes

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	β (HRQL/LS)	β (HRQL/LS)	β (HRQL/LS)	β (HRQL/LS)
Personal factors
Age	- 0.11*/0.09			0.02/0.10
Gender	0.03/0.08			- 0.01/0.07
Marital status	0.06/0.12^†			0.06/0.11*
Education	0.08/0.02			0.02/-0.01
Income	0.03/0.16^†			- 0.01/0.16^†
Personality (activity trait)	0.38^†/0.30^†			0.28^†/0.27^†
Medical factors
Diabetes duration		- 0.07/0.06		- 0.05/0.03
Insulin use		N/A		N/A
Number of comorbidities		- 0.31^†/- 0.11^†		- 0.27^†/- 0.09
Body mass index		- 0.16^†/- 0.09		- 0.12^†/- 0.03
Lifestyle factors
Smoking			-0.14^†/0.07	- 0.14^†/- 0.03
Physical activity			0.29^†/0.08	0.16^†/0.00
Diet-general			-0.04/0.06	- 0.07/0.03
Diet-specific			0.03/0.08	0.02/0.06
Diet-spacing			0.11*/0.03	0.09/0.03
Adjusted R ²	0.17^†/0.13^†	0.15^†/0.02^†	0.11^†/0.03^†	0.29^†/0.14^†

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