Factors influencing on health-related quality of life in South Korean with chronic liver disease

Table 2 Factors influencing HRQoL (N = 129)

Predictor	Model I		Model II		Model III
Variables	ß	SE	ß	SE	ß	SE
(Constant)	.911	.045	.847	.051	.817	.067
1. Socio-demographic factors
Age	− 244^**	.001	−.192	.001	−.170	.001
Marital status(ref: Living without partner)	.201^*	.019	.160^*	.017	.159^*	.017
Education level(ref: ≤Elementary school)
Middle school	.112	.022	.078	.020	.076	.020
High school	.007	.021	.013	.019	.006	.019
≥College	−.129	.018	−.142	.016	−.144	.017
Occupation(ref: No)	.231^**	.015	.243^**	.014	.221^**	.014
Basic livelihood security recipient(ref: Yes)	.187^*	.025	.146	.023	.163^*	.023
2. Health status factors
Types of hepatic disease(ref:Hepatitis C)
Hepatitis B			.014	.033	.012	.033
Liver cirrohosis			−.135	.017	−.109	.017
HCC			.188^*	.022	.187^*	.022
Subjective health status(ref: Poor)			.218^**	.018	.226^**	.018
Depression(ref: Yes)			.292^***	.017	.273^***	.017
Medical co-morbidity(ref: Yes)			.045	.014	.040	.014
3. Health behavior factors
Alcohol intake (ref: Yes)					.125	.014
Sleep duration(ref: inappropriate)					.030	.017
R²(R² change)	.297		.459(.162)		.472(.013)
Adjusted R²	.256		.398		.402
F(p)	7.288(<.001)		7.506(<.001)		6.729(<.001)

Note. ref referent group, ß = regression coefficients, SE standard error, HCC Hepatocelluar carcinoma
^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, ^*** P < 0.001

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