Differences in quality of life among older adults in Brazil according to smoking status and nicotine dependence

Table 6 Coefficients of multivariable linear regression examining the association between smoking cessation time a QOL indicators. Uberaba, Brazil

Variables	WHOQOL-BREF				WHOQOL-OLD
Variables	Physical	Psychological	Social relationship	Environmental	Sensory abilities	Autonomy	Past, present and future activities	Social participation	Death and Dying	Intimacy
Cessation in years	0.1	0.2***	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
Sex
Female (ref)
Male	0.2	4.5**	3.5**	3.7**	−4.1	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.1	5.8**
Age groups
60–69 years	0.9	−1.1	−2.8	−2.1	6.3	1.1	1.5	−0.6	−2.9	0.4
70–79 years	3.0	2.2	−1.1	−0.8	2.0	2.8	2.1	3.2	−1.0	0.4
80 years or more (ref)
Education
Illiterate	−5.6*	−3.6	0.2	−7.3**	−5.0	−6.4**	−2.3	−4.6	5.9	−1.4
1–4 years	−6.4**	−5.9***	−0.2	−6.1**	−1.3	−6.0**	−4.2	−3.6	4.6	−3.9
Health conditions
0–4 (ref)
5 or more diseases	−11.7***	−4.0**	−2.0	−3.0*	−7.4***	− 3.6**	−0.8	− 4.1**	−4.7	− 1.5
Constant	70.4***	66.8***	71.6***	65.2***	73.6***	69.8***	67.5***	67.5***	70.1***	66.8***
R²

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