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Table 5 Regression coefficients from multiple linear regression analysis on the association between diabetes status and EQ-VAS score including an interaction-term ‘diabetes*unemployed/retired’

From: The impact of type 2 diabetes on health related quality of life in Bangladesh: results from a matched study comparing treated cases with non-diabetic controls

Basic model (R2 = 0.192)

Covariates

β-coefficients [95 % CI]

p-value

Intercept

80.4 [74.1; 86.7]

<.0001

Diabetes (yes)

−12.7 [−14.8; −10.6]

<.0001

Age

−0.2 [−0.3; −0.1]

0.0006

Male (ref = female)

4.7 [2.4; 7]

<.0001

BMI (ref = <25)

 Overweight (25–30)

0.9 [−1.2; 2.9]

0.4168

 Obese (>30)

−1 [−4.1; 2.1]

0.5117

Education (ref = no formal education)

 Primary

3.3 [−0.1; 6.6]

0.0536

 Secondary

4.5 [1.4; 7.5]

0.0039

 Higher secondary and above

7.2 [4; 10.5]

<.0001

Income (ref = Q1)

 Q2

2.4 [−0.3; 5.1]

0.0834

 Q3

2.2 [−0.6; 5]

0.1240

 Q4

5.1 [2.2; 8]

0.0006

Married (vs single)

0.5 [−2.2; 3.2]

0.7083

Unemployed/retired

−7.0 [−12.1; −1.9]

0.0075

Smoking

0.1 [−2.3; 2.5]

0.9303

Diabetes*unemployed/retired

10.1 [3.9; 16.3]

0.0014

  1. Results from multiple linear regression based on n = 591 cases and n = 591 controls; * p-value <0.05