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Table 3 Pair comparison of 3 types of health checkups with PCS and MCS for quality of life in terms of number of chronic diseases among public servants aged 40 to 64 years in Taiwan (N = 11,454) by using a general linear model after adjustment for covariates

From: Association of health checkups with health-related quality of life among public servants: a nationwide survey in Taiwan

Variables

No chronic disease (N = 7349)

Having 1 chronic disease (N = 2529)

Having ≥ 2 chronic diseases (N = 1576)

PCS

MCS

PCS

MCS

PCS

 

MCS

 

Mean

P value

Mean

P value

Mean

P value

Mean

P value

Mean

P value

Mean

P value

GPHC

51.20

 

46.23

 

49.81

 

44.76

 

46.93

 

42.06

 

SPHC

50.86

 

46.39

 

49.66

 

45.40

 

46.52

 

42.22

 

NOHC

50.66

 

45.58

 

49.73

 

44.00

 

45.13

 

42.19

 

GPHC vs. SPHC

0.34

0.08

-0.16

0.56

0.15

0.66

-0.64

0.17

0.41

0.37

-0.16

0.8

GPHC vs. NOHC

0.55

0.008**

0.65

0.02*

0.07

0.86

0.76

0.18

1.79

0.002**

-0.13

0.87

SPHC vs. NOHC

0.21

0.3

0.81

0.003**

-0.07

0.85

1.40

0.008**

1.39

0.009**

0.03

0.97

  1. Mean represents least square mean. *P < .05, ** P < .01