Table 3

Correlation1 and Regression2 Results


Prospective
Retrospective


1
2
3
4


Correlation
Regression
Correlation
Regression

R2

.17

.37
Age
-0.13

0.09

Age ≥ 60
-0.17
-3.81
0.16
0.75
Gender
0.05

0.07

White
-0.04

-0.00

College Graduate
-0.01

-0.18

Log (age)
-0.14

0.08

Age*sex
0.03

0.11

Log (age)*sex
0.05

0.08

Cancer
-0.03

0.03

Baseline health (high best)
0.17

0.253

QOL Baseline (high best)
0.383
1.70
0.583
0.43
PAIN Baseline (low best)
-0.01

-0.04

# of days lived


0.08

Days Lived*QOL


0.323

Days Lived*Pain


.14


1 Correlation with WQL.

2 Regression of WQL on the column variables, using backward elimination with a p to retain of 0.10.

3 Correlation coefficient is significantly different from zero (p < .05 2-tailed).

Diehr et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 5:51   doi:10.1186/1477-7525-5-51