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Table 4 Effect estimates of top 5 single comorbid conditions with significant negative association with HRQL scores

From: Assessing health-related quality of life in COPD: comparing generic and disease-specific instruments with focus on comorbidities

Rank

EQ-5D utility

EQ-5D VAS

CAT

SGRQ

1

Psychiatric disorder a

-0.09

(p < 0.0001)

Brain deficiency b

-5.9

(p = 0.001)

Psychiatric disorder a

2.5

(p < 0.0001)

Psychiatric disorder a

7.2

(p < 0.0001)

2

Arthritis

-0.06

(p < 0.0001)

Psychiatric disorder a

-5.3

(p < 0.0001)

Asthma

1.7

(p < 0.0001)

PAD

5.0

(p < 0.0001)

3

PAD

-0.05

(p < 0.0001)

PAD

-3.4

(p = 0.005)

Sleep apnea

1.5

(p = 0.002)

Brain deficiency

4.6

(p = 0.005)

4

Arthrosis

-0.05

(p = 0.0003)

Asthma

-3.4

(p = 0.001)

Heart disease c

1.5

(p < 0.0001)

Sleep apnea

4.3

(p = 0.0004)

5

Migraine

-0.05

(p < 0.0001)

Sleep apnea

-2.8

(p = 0.03)

PAD

1.4

(p = 0.002)

Heart disease c

4.1

(p < 0.0001)

  1. all models adjusted for age, sex, school education, smoking status, BMI category, and GOLD grade
  2. acomprising anxiety, depression, psychoses
  3. bcomprising weakness of memory, disorientation, confusion
  4. ccomprising cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, narrow coronary vessel, angina pectoris