Sex differences in relationships between metabolic syndrome components and factors associated with health-related quality of life in middle-aged adults living in the community: a cross-sectional study in Taiwan

Table 4 Multiple linear regression model for correlates of SF-36 MCS score

Covariates	Total		Males		Females
	Beta	P value	Beta	P value	Beta	P value
Demographics
Sex (male vs. female)	0.702	0.079	–	–	–	–
Age (year)	0.056	0.069	0.073	0.124	0.028	0.49
Education level
Illiterate/elementary school	Reference		Reference		Reference
High school	−2.59	0.042	−5.761	0.043	−1.727	0.231
University and above	−2.315	0.069	−4.778	0.091	−1.901	0.183
Marital status (married vs. others)	0.789	0.094	2.837	0.001	−0.058	0.918
No. of component of metabolic syndrome	0.121	0.369	−0.023	0.903	0.269	0.156
Physical activity level
Low	Reference		Reference		Reference
Moderate	−0.286	0.444	−0.611	0.302	−0.08	0.868
High	−0.769	0.098	−1.06	0.149	−0.335	0.578
Personal habits
Smoking
Current smoker vs. non-smoker	−1.394	0.009	−0.939	0.132	−2.322	0.019
Ex-smoker vs. non-smoker	0.614	0.402	0.800	0.327	0.776	0.63
Alcohol consumption (yes vs. no)	−1.173	0.02	−1.293	0.03	−0.784	0.401

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