Predictors of long-term HRQOL following cardiac surgery: a 5-year follow-up study

Table 4 Intercepts and slopes of HRQOL indicators in the full sample and the groups of significant moderators

	Full sample (N = 210)		Arrhythmia (no/yes) (n = 167/43)		CABG (no/yes) (n = 74/136)		Higher education (no/yes) (n = 146/64)
	M_intercept	M_slope	M_intercept	M_slope	M_intercept	M_slope	M_intercept	M_slope
General health	43.55	2.69	44.45/43.70	2.27/3.36	43.20/44.49	6.76^a**/0.41^b	44.20/42.21	1.75/4.39
Physical functioning	53.16	19.79***	54.94/48.38	18.23*/24.45*	56.07/50.52	19.99*/20.07*	49.70^a/63.96^b	24.99^a***/6.49^b
Bodily pain	51.16	2.69	52.06/50.60	4.07/− 2.80	54.06/50.22	− 0.94/4.71	49.14/59.60	3.81/− 0.18
Mental health	60.68	8.40***	61.85/57.36	8.93**/6.53	59.20/63.96	7.70/8.84*	59.12/64.91	9.38*/6.31
Role limitations (physical)	66.17	1.48	66.61/64.85	− 2.46/3.54	66.26/66.17	5.33/− 6.77	64.86/68.89	2.03/− 8.13
Role limitations (emotional)	73.03	− 4.47	74.33/67.99	− 4.73/− 1.72	76.81/71.09	− 9.25*/0.11	69.77^a/80.18^b	− 3.81/− 7.11
Vitality	50.36	6.30***	53.86^a/40.66^b	6.10*/6.80	50.91/48.93	8.28/5.21	49.41/52.38	8.39^a***/1.71^b
Social functioning	59.68	17.27***	62.95^a/50.39^b	15.68*/23.30*	61.64/59.16	13.81*/19.10*	58.76/63.81	17.35*/17.49*

M = mean, *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^a,bDifferent letters indicate statistically significant differences among groups

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