Determinants of adherence and effects on health-related quality of life after myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study

Table 3 Results of OLS estimation: Association of adherence and VAS-AL

N = 116 patients	VAS-AL			VAS-AL (adherent in presence of side effects)
3-year adherence	Estimate	SE	Pr > \|t\|	Estimate	SE	Pr > \|t\|
Adherence to medication	0.21	0.14	0.1263	0.40	0.18	0.0270
Adherence to recommendations	−0.06	0.10	0.5159	−0.08	0.10	0.4033

All results are controlled for baseline variables (BMI, NYHA, Age, gender, number of comorbidities) and stressful event in follow-up
BMI body mass index, NYHA classification of heart failure of the New York Heart Association, SE standard error, VAS visual analog scale, VAS-AL VAS-adjusted life years, LME linear mixed effects

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