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

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for survivors of MI versus controls from binary and multinomial logistic regressions on health-related quality of life

	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Perceived general health
Fair/poor	2.72	[2.43,3.05]	<0.0001
Good	1.57	[1.41,1.75]	<0.0001
Excellent/Very good	Ref
Received needed emotional support
Rarely/never	0.75	[0.48,1.18]	0.2178
Sometimes	0.73	[0.41, 1.28]	0.2713
Always/Usually	Ref
Activity limitations
Yes	1.46	[1.34,1.59]	<0.0001
No	Ref
Life Satisfaction
Very satisfied/Satisfied	1.62	[0.99,2.63]	0.0531
Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied	Ref
Received hours of recommended sleep
Yes	1.14	[0.94,1.38]	0.1755
No	Ref
Days mental health not good
1–15	1.06	[0.96,1.18]	0.2761
> 15	1.25	[1.07,1.46]	0.0049
None	Ref
Days physical health not good
1–15	1.28	[1.16,1.41]	<0.0001
> 15	1.63	[1.46,1.83]	<0.0001
None	Ref

Note: Reference categories for dependent variables are: perceived general health (excellent/very good), received needed emotional support (usually/always), activity limitations (no), life satisfaction (very dissatisfied/satisfied), received hours of recommended sleep (no), days mental health not good (0 days), days physical health not good (0 days)
Sample size after matching: n = 16,729 (MI survivors), n = 50,187 (controls); Significance set at p < 0.05

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