Health related quality of life among myocardial infarction survivors in the United States: a propensity score matched analysis

Table 2 Comparison of health-related quality of life domains between survivors of myocardial infarction and controls

	Before matching			After matching
	MI	Non-MI	p-value	MI	Non-MI	p-value
	Wt%	Wt%		Wt%	Wt%
Perceived general health			<0.0001			<0.001
Excellent/Very good	18.17	46.71		20.01	35.55
Good	30.61	31.87		31.61	34.82
Fair/poor	51.23	21.42		48.38	29.62
Received needed emotional support			<0.001			0.1263
Always/Usually	12.47	6.78		12.19	8.94
Sometimes	10.68	9.55		9.76	10.19
Rarely/Never	76.86	83.67		78.05	80.88
Activity Limitations			<0.0001			<0.0001
Yes	51.15	27.32		48.41	36.81
No	48.85	72.68		51.6	63.2
Life Satisfaction			<0.0001			0.024
Very satisfied/Satisfied	91.81	95.71		92.22	94.95
Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied	8.19	4.29		7.78	5.05
Received recommended sleep			0.001			0.1071
Yes	47.74	55.27		48.79	53.58
No	52.26	44.73		51.2	46.42
Days mental health not good			<0.0001			<0.0001
None	66.5	72.64		68.58	71.45
1–15	19.67	20.11		19.19	19.34
> 15	13.82	7.24		12.23	9.21
Days physical health not good			<0.0001			<0.0001
None	42.58	62.68		45.27	55.78
1–15	29.23	25.18		29.32	27.29
> 15	28.2	12.13		25.41	16.93

Note: Sample before matching: n = 18,891 (MI survivors), n = 213,412 (controls); Sample after matching: n = 16,729 (MI survivors), n = 50,187 (controls); Significance set at p < 0.05
Abbreviations: MI myocardial infarction, Wt% Weighted percent

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