A cross-sectional assessment of health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis c virus infection with EQ-5D

Table 4 Mean EQ-5D indexes and EQ-VAS scores by sociodemographic characteristics. (near Line 317)

Parameter	Mean EQ-5D index	SD	p value	Mean EQ-VAS score	SD	p value
Gender^b
Males	0.792	0.087	0.000	77.7	14.7	0.222
Females	0.777	0.078		76.7	14.8
Age^a
18–39	0.813	0.054	0.000	82.2	11.2	0.000
40–59	0.790	0.077		78.6	13.8
≥ 60	0.771	0.081		75.4	14.1
Residence^a
East	0.781	0.091	0.115	74.4	12.8	0.000
West	0.788	0.090		79.9	15.2
South	0.789	0.073		76.7	15.0
North	0.776	0.081		77.6	15.6
Central	0.790	0.077		77.3	14.9
Marital status^a
Single	0.806	0.062	0.000	80.4	13.9	0.006
Married	0.785	0.083		77.1	14.8
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	0.730	0.114		72.0	16.2
Occupation^a
White collar	0.792	0.080	0.054	78.6	14.1	0.173
Blue collar	0.780	0080		76.6	14.7
Unemployed	0.784	0.103		77.7	15.1
Other	0.788	0.071		76.0	14.8
Education^a
Primary School	0.763	0.102	0.000	75.7	16.1	0.105
Junior school	0.782	0.100		76.5	14.9
High-school	0.785	0.072		77.1	14.8
College graduate	0.798	0.087		79.1	13.6
Monthly family income/per person^a
< 2000 RMB	0.778	0.091	0.001	75.8	15.7	0.001
2000–4999 RMB	0.790	0.074		78.5	13.7
≥ 5000 RMB	0.811	0.057		81.5	11.5

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