Factors influencing health-related quality of life in patients with Type 1 diabetes

Table 2 Regression analysis of baseline data with EQ-5D index scores (scale 0-1) as the outcome variable

	Estimate	95% LL	95% UL	p value
Age	−0.001	− 0.004	0.001	0.132
Gender (Male)	−0.011	− 0.052	0.029	0.568
Unemployed	−0.073	−0.130	− 0.016	0.039
Obese^a	−0.046	−0.107	0.014	0.167
Medical Card	−0.040	−0.093	0.014	0.177
Marital Status (Single)	0.011	−0.032	0.055	0.580
Education^b
Complete 2nd level	0.010	−0.057	0.077	0.801
Complete 3rd level	0.014	−0.052	0.080	0.721
Complications^c	−0.020	−0.073	0.032	0.407
Disease Duration	−0.002	−0.004	0.000	0.095
Mental Illness^d	−0.219	−0.337	− 0.100	0.017
High Blood Pressure^d	−0.009	−0.063	0.044	0.740
HbA_1c (%)	−0.018	−0.033	− 0.002	0.076
Heart Disease^d	0.013	−0.103	0.129	0.886
Chest/Lung Disease^d	0.051	−0.073	0.176	0.491

^a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m². ^b Reference Category: did not complete second level education. ^c Patients reporting complications, including: neuropathy, foot ulcer, amputation, cardiovascular disease, proteinuria, retinopathy, blindness. ^d Categorical variable (Yes = 1, No = 0), self-reported. LL Lower limit of 95% confidence interval. UL Upper limit of 95% confidence interval

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