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Table 3 Multivariate regression results for relationships of health behaviours to QoL and health outcomes. Analyses were controlled for background characteristics.

From: Social participation is an important health behaviour for health and quality of life among chronically ill older Chinese people

 

QoLa

Cognitive functionb

Physical functionc

Unstandardized coefficients

Standardized coefficients

p

Unstandardized coefficients

Standardized coefficients

p

Unstandardized coefficients

Standardized coefficients

p

B

SE

Beta

B

SE

Beta

B

SE

Beta

Age (years)

.003

.001

.048

<.001

−.247

.014

−.224

<.001

.047

.004

.179

<.001

Gender (female)

−.035

.016

−.030

.031

−1.544

.270

−.076

<.001

.065

.069

.013

.344

Residence (rural)

.003

.017

.003

.849

−3.153

.271

−.154

<.001

.595

.069

.122

<.001

Marital status (non-single)

.073

.019

.048

<.001

.838

.318

.032

.008

−.118

.081

−.019

.147

Education (lower)

−.065

.017

−.054

<.001

−3.358

.274

−.162

<.001

.0.18

.070

.004

.797

Income (quintile 2)

.154

.023

.103

<.001

.809

.371

.032

.029

−.293

.095

−.048

.002

Income (quintile 3)

.282

.023

.193

<.001

2.092

.375

.083

<.001

−.164

.095

−.028

.085

Income (quintile 4)

.350

.023

.246

<.001

4.771

.378

.195

<.001

−.438

.096

−.075

<.001

Income (quintile 5, highest)

.507

.024

.354

<.001

5.897

.399

.234

<.001

−.581

.101

−.098

<.001

Health behaviours

 Social participation indexd

.021

.002

.128

<.001

.437

.033

.154

<.001

−.068

.008

−.101

<.001

 FV intake (sufficient)

.107

.015

.087

<.001

.267

.248

.013

.282

−.032

.064

−.006

.618

 PA (active)

.112

.015

.091

<.001

.718

.245

.033

.003

−.786

.062

−.155

<.001

 Daily smoker (yes)

.008

.020

.006

.689

−.536

.325

−.021

.100

−.071

.083

−.012

.393

 Constant

2.586

.076

–

<.001

48.880

1.249

–

<.001

−.467

.318

–

.142

Overall adjusted R2

.160

   

.293

   

.113

   

Model F value

90.38

  

<.001

185.09

  

<.001

61.87

  

<.001

n

6099

   

5761

   

6200

   
  1. QoL quality of life, SE standard error, FV fruit and vegetable, PA physical activity
  2. aHigher scores represent better QoL
  3. bHigher scores represent better cognitive function
  4. cHigher scores represent poorer physical function
  5. dHigher scores represent more social participation