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Table 4 Association between kidney, physical and mental summary components and some selected factors

From: Health related quality of life in chronic kidney disease; a descriptive study in a rural Sri Lankan community affected by chronic kidney disease

Characteristic

Kidney Disease Summary Component

Physical Component Summary Score

Mental Component Summary Score

Median

IQR

p valuea

Median

IQR

p valuea

Median

IQR

p valuea

Gender

 Male

58.5

54.2–63.7

0.470

35.0

26.2–40.9

0.443

38.8

34.8–42.2

0.470

 Female

58.2

54.3–63.1

36.2

25.0–43.1

39.1

33.5–43.7

Employment

 Employed

60.4

56.0–65.0

< 0.001

36.3

30.0–45.6

< 0.001

39.5

36.2–43.3

< 0.001

 Not employed

57.6

53.3–62.5

33.7

23.7–40.6

38.4

32.3–42.4

Comorbidities

 Present

58.2

53.8–62.8

0.002

35.0

25.0–42.5

0.539

39.0

34.0–43.0

0.515

 Absent

59.6

55.3–65.2

35.0

27.5–41.1

39.1

35.5–42.5

Depression

 Positive

56.4

52.6–60.6

< 0.001

33.7

23.7–40.0

< 0.001

37.9

30.5–41.3

< 0.001

 Negative

63.3

58.5–67.9

36.2

30.0–48.1

40.1

37.1–46.1

Psychological distress

 Positive

57.2

53.3–61.9

< 0.001

33.7

23.7–39.4

< 0.001

38.2

32.1–41.3

< 0.001

 Negative

63.5

57.8–68.5

41.2

32.5–57.5

41.3

37.7–52.8

  1. aAssociation tested by Mann-Whitney U test