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Table 5 Multivariate analyses of variations in health utility from EQ-5D-5L (coefficients)

From: Health variations among breast-cancer patients from different disease states: evidence from China

Independent variable

Items of EQ-5D-5L

EQ-5D-5L

EQ-VAS

Mobility

Self-Care

Usual activities

Pain

Depression

Age (in a unit of years)

0.03

      

Married (vs. others)

−0.89*

− 0.87*

− 0.73

  

0.06

 

Educational attainment

 Illiteracy and primary school

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

    

 Junior high school

0.07

−0.06

−0.45

    

 Senior high school

−0.32

0.02

−0.32

    

 College or above

0.40

−0.46

−0.52

    

Urban (vs. Rural)

−0.53

 

−1.58*

   

0.67

Medical insurance

 New rural cooperative scheme and others

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 Urban employees

−0.52

−0.30

1.08

− 0.43*

−0.46*

0.05*

−0.16

 Urban residents

−0.91

−0.51

− 0.79*

−0.72*

− 0.77*

0.09*

0.62*

Occupation

 Unemployed

Ref.

Ref.

     

 Retired

0.59

0.23

     

 Blue-collar

0.47

0.37

     

 White-collar

−0.11

−0.42

     

Household income

  < 30,000 RMB

  

Ref.

    

 30,000–80,000 RMB

  

−0.31

    

  > 80,000RMB

  

−0.01

    

Inpatients (vs. outpatients)

2.05***

1.41**

1.53***

1.30***

0.95**

−0.22***

−0.47

TNM stage

 0 and I

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 II

0.63

0.23

0.70*

0.19

0.11

−0.03

0.09

 III

0.45

0.72

0.90*

0.31

−0.33

−0.03

− 0.14

 IV

1.37*

0.60

1.20*

1.10*

0.18

−0.10

−0.12

Surgery

 No surgery

Ref.

     

Ref.

 Breast-conserving surgery

0.45

     

0.67

 Modified radical surgery

0.86

     

0.24

Radiotherapy (yes vs. no)

0.00

    

0.01

 

Targeted therapy (yes vs. no)

      

1.04**

Endocrine therapy (yes vs. no)

 

−0.03

0.44

  

−0.01

 

Chemotherapy (yes vs. no)

 

− 0.56

−0.77*

    

Menopause (yes vs. no)

 

−0.21

     

State

 P

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 S

0.22

−0.53

−0.39

0.31

− 0.11

0.00

0.35

 R

0.44

−0.04

0.32

0.24

0.56

−0.07

−1.12*

 M

0.30

0.44

0.27

1.21**

1.17**

−0.11*

− 0.79

  1. ***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05
  2. Variables without coefficients did not make a statistically significant difference in univariate analyses (results not presented here); therefore, they were not introduced into multivariate analyses