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Table 4 Sub-group analysis of EQ-VAS and EQ-5DS scale according to occupation, education and family income level in hepatitis B (unit: coefficient, p = value)

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

  

EQ-VAS

EQ-5D

  

Estimate*

p-value

Estimate*

p-value

Occupation

 Managers and professionals

−1.518

0.0356

−0.582

0.0209

 Clerks

−2.628

0.0030

−0.802

0.0099

 Service and sales workers

−0.529

0.4362

−0.663

0.0217

 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

0.162

0.8720

−1.063

0.1168

 Trade workers and elementary occupations

−0.654

0.2373

−0.828

0.0007

 Not working

−0.937

0.069

−0.743

0.0251

Education

 Elementary school

−0.127

0.8652

−0.747

0.1832

 Middle school

−0.471

0.5298

−0.333

0.482

 High school graduate

−0.952

0.0407

−0.968

<.0001

 College graduate

−1.606

0.0003

−0.532

0.0047

Family income

 Q1

−1.302

0.0683

−0.910

0.0587

 Q2

−1.106

0.0368

−0.681

0.0155

 Q3

−0.732

0.1351

−0.371

0.0934

 Q4

−0.884

0.1077

−0.872

0.0003

  1. *All coefficients are adjuted for marital status, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption, stress, number of chronic diseases, age and year
  2. *All coefficients are the results of hepatitis B patients compared to general population