Correlation between health-related quality of life in the physical domain and heart rate variability in asymptomatic adults

Table 4 Characteristic differences between participants with high scores in the physical domain of QOL and low scores in the physical domain of QOL

Clinical and demographic data	High D1 domain QOL scores ≧12.0 (N = 102)	Low D1 domain QOL scores <12.0 (N = 227)	Omnibus p-value
Female sex (%)	48 (26.40)	134 (73.60)	0.03
Age, mean ± SD, years	33.51 ± 10.64	38.44 ± 11.37	<0.001
BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m²	21.83 ± 2.64	21.91 ± 2.36	0.81
Weekly regular exercise, hours	1.82 ± 2.49	1.02 ± 1.97	0.005
Alcohol use, drinks/day	0.01 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.02	0.47
SBP, mmHg	115.16 ± 12.46	116.25 ± 12.97	0.48
DBP, mmHg	72.46 ± 7.26	72.84 ± 7.16	0.66
BDI scores, mean ± SD	4.82 ± 3.65	5.89 ± 3.70	0.02
BAI scores, mean ± SD	7.14 ± 2.89	8.17 ± 2.60	0.001

SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory
D1, physical domain of WHOQOL-BREF

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