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Table 2 Relationships of quality of life with demongraphic characteristics

From: Quality of life correlation with socioeconomic status in Korean hepatitis-B patients: a cross sectional study

 

Hepatitis B patients

General population

 

EQ-VAS

EQ-5D

EQ-VAS

EQ-5D

 

Means

SD

P-Value

Means

SD

P-Value

Means

SD

P-Value

Means

SD

P-Value

Occupation

 Managers and professionals

74.9

15.3

<.0001

97.2

6.1

<.0001

76.2

14.8

<.0001

97.9

5.4

<.0001

 Clerks

73.1

17.3

 

97.1

6.6

 

75.3

14.8

 

98.2

5.1

 

 Service and sales workers

72.5

16.5

 

95.7

7.3

 

73.2

16.6

 

96.3

7.6

 

 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

67.7

18.0

 

91.1

12.8

 

68.8

18.3

 

91.9

11.2

 

 Trade workers and elementary occupations

71.6

17.3

 

95.3

8.6

 

73.0

16.8

 

96.3

7.8

 

 Not working

66.6

20.9

 

88.5

14.9

 

67.1

20.1

 

88.9

15.4

 

Marital status

 Single

71.3

17.8

0.0107

95.9

9.0

<.0001

73.7

16.9

<.0001

96.8

8.7

<.0001

 Seperated/Divorced/Bereavement

64.5

20.5

 

87.3

15.0

 

64.8

20.0

 

87.9

15.1

 

 Married

71.1

18.1

 

93.7

10.9

 

72.1

17.5

 

94.4

10.8

 

Sex

 Male

71.6

18.0

0.0107

94.6

10.7

0.0002

72.7

17.4

<.0001

95.0

10.9

<.0001

 Female

68.5

19.1

 

91.2

12.3

 

69.4

18.6

 

92.2

12.2

 

Smoking status

 Smoker

70.0

18.4

0.0054

94.3

11.0

0.1629

70.9

17.8

<.0001

95.2

10.2

0.0005

 Ex-smoker

71.5

18.5

 

93.5

11.3

 

72.4

18.0

 

93.5

12.6

 

 Non-smoker

69.9

18.7

 

92.3

11.9

 

70.9

18.1

 

93.2

11.6

 

Alcohol consumption

 Yes

71.5

17.5

0.0079

94.5

10.0

0.0027

72.7

17.0

<.0001

95.5

9.3

<.0001

 No

67.5

20.4

 

90.1

14.0

 

68.1

19.7

 

90.0

14.8

 

Stress

 Yes

63.8

20.1

<.0001

89.8

14.2

<.0001

65.3

19.5

<.0001

90.8

14.1

<.0001

 No

73.2

17.0

 

94.6

9.8

 

73.9

16.6

 

95.1

9.9

 

Chronic disease

 0

72.0

17.5

<.0001

95.0

9.6

<.0001

73.2

17.1

<.0001

95.6

9.4

<.0001

 1

68.9

19.5

 

91.3

12.7

 

68.9

18.8

 

91.5

13.4

 

 ≥2

64.6

20.2

 

87.6

15.0

 

65.7

19.5

 

88.5

14.8

 

Education

 Elementary school

63.3

20.0

<.0001

85.8

15.6

<.0001

64.0

20.2

<.0001

86.2

15.5

<.0001

 Middle school

68.4

19.5

 

91.5

12.4

 

69.4

18.7

 

92.0

12.7

 

 High school graduate

72.1

17.8

 

94.9

9.4

 

72.9

17.1

 

95.8

9.3

 

 College graduate

73.9

16.3

 

96.7

7.2

 

75.4

15.3

 

97.5

6.4

 

Family income

 Q1

63.2

20.5

<.0001

86.4

15.7

<.0001

64.1

20.2

<.0001

87.2

15.5

<.0001

 Q2

70.2

17.9

 

93.7

10.3

 

71.5

17.6

 

94.3

10.6

 

 Q3

73.3

16.8

 

96.1

8.0

 

74.0

16.3

 

96.5

7.9

 

 Q4

74.9

16.6

 

96.3

7.6

 

76.0

15.3

 

97.1

7.4

 

Age

 20-29

73.3

17.7

0.0202

97.5

6.0

<.0001

75.3

16.4

<.0001

98.0

5.6

<.0001

 30-39

71.3

17.3

 

96.4

7.8

 

73.5

16.0

 

97.7

5.7

 

 40-49

72.9

17.2

 

95.6

8.7

 

73.5

16.7

 

96.5

8.2

 

 50-59

70.6

18.8

 

93.3

11.2

 

71.9

17.9

 

94.3

10.9

 

 60≤

66.2

19.6

 

87.6

14.7

 

66.4

19.7

 

87.7

15.1

 

Year

 2011

69.0

18.9

<.0001

92.8

11.9

0.0063

70.1

18.5

<.0001

93.4

11.9

<.0001

 2012

71.5

18.1

 

93.4

11.3

 

72.4

17.4

 

94.1

11.2

 

Total

70.2

18.6

 

93.1

11.6

 

71.2

18.0

 

93.8

11.5