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Table 8 Multivariate analysis of influence of preoperative PCS and MCS scores on postoperative quality of life improvement

From: Health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery – the effects of age, preoperative conditions and postoperative complications

Variable

Regression coefficient

Odds ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

P value

Gender

   

0.3155

Age >70 years

   

0.1103

Type of surgery

   

0.1931

Preoperative PCS

0.026

1.03

1.00 – 1.05

0.0187

Preoperative MCS

0.022

1.02

0.997 – 1.00

0.0846

Constant

- 4.415

   
  1. PCS – Preoperative physical component summary, MCS – Preoperative physical component summary; in brackets are P values for preoperative MCS status.