Table 4 Association between health-related quality of life and socioeconomic factors according to gender (adjusted for age, marital status, weight change, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, smoking status, and diagnosis)

  Primary

-0.32 (0.08)^a

-0.20 (0.20)

  Secondary

-0.15 (0.07)^c

0.02 (0.19)

  Tertiary

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  Difficult living conditions

-0.36 (0.08)^a

-0.57 (0.15)^a

  Easy leaving conditions

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  Primary

-0.35 (0.07)^a

-0.43 (0.18)^c

  Secondary

-0.26 (0.07)^b

-0.39 (0.18)^c

  Tertiary

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  Difficult living conditions

-0.53 (0.08)^a

-0.33 (0.14)^c

  Easy leaving conditions

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  Primary

-7.17 (1.87)^a

-17.23 (4.56)^b

  Secondary

-2.60 (1.67)

-10.69 (4.35)^c

  Tertiary

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  Difficult living conditions

-11.27 (1.83)^a

-12.22 (3.58)^b

  Easy leaving conditions

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  Primary

-5.87 (1.74)^b

-6.21 (4.18)

  Secondary

-2.72 (1.55)

-1.50 (4.00)

  Tertiary

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  Difficult living conditions

-10.14 (1.71)^a

-15.20 (3.28)^a

  Easy leaving conditions

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