Cases | Controls | |||||||
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Variable | N | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | N | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | p Value* | Adjusted p value† |
QLI (0–30) | ||||||||
Total QOL score | 309 | 23.1 (3.5) | 22.7 to 23.5 | 351 | 23.7 (3.4) | 23.3 to 24.0 | 0.051 | 0.85 |
Health and functioning subscale | 311 | 22.6 (4.3) | 22.1 to 23.1 | 353 | 23.7 (3.8) | 23.3 to 24.1 | <0.001 | 0.24 |
Social and economic Subscale | 310 | 23.0 (3.7) | 22.6 to 23.4 | 352 | 23.0 (3.8) | 22.6 to 23.4 | 0.92 | 0.020 |
Psychological/Spiritual subscale | 311 | 22.6 (4.0) | 22.2 to 23.1 | 353 | 22.9 (4.1) | 22.5 to 23.3 | 0.42 | 0.76 |
Family subscale | 310 | 26.4 (3.8) | 26.0 to 26.8 | 352 | 26.5 (4.1) | 26.0 to 26.9 | 0.92 | 0.32 |
GHQ-20 (0–60) | 310 | 18.7 (6.2) | 18.0 to 19.4 | 353 | 17.8 (5.3) | 17.3 to 18.4 | 0.069 | 0.46 |
*A t-test.
†Adjusted by linear regression for possible confounders (age, time since event, education, employment, household income, BMI and smoking).
BMI, body mass index; GHQ-20, General Health Questionnaire 20, QLI, Ferrans and Powers Quality of life Index; QOL, quality-of-life.