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Table 4 Quantile (median) regression model estimating median SF-36 Mental Component Summary scores, 2012 (n = 108)a

From: Predictors of quality of life among adolescents and young adults with a bleeding disorder

Characteristic

Coefficient (95% CI)

p-value

Treatment regimen

 

0.04

 Prophylaxis

10.0 (0.7, 19.3)

 

 On-demand

reference

 

Chronic painb

 

0.03

 Moderate to severe

−10.0 (−19.2, −0.8)

 

 None to mild

reference

 
  1. aEthnicity (Hispanic vs non-Hispanic) and history of inhibitor development (ever vs never) were also included in the model, though not statistically significant, because they increased the precision of the estimates
  2. bChronic pain was measured using the revised Faces Pain Scale (FPS-R) and was dichotomized as FPS-R < 4 (i.e., ‘mild’ or ‘no pain) and FPS-R ≥ 4 (i.e., ‘moderate’ to ‘worst pain possible’)
  3. CI confidence interval
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