Table 3

Association between demographics, medical factors and health-related quality of life in univariate logistic regression

P valueOR (95% CI)
Age 0.0020.97 (0.96 to 0.99)
Sex female0.2360.75 (0.47 to 1.21)
Physical activity >3 h/week0.0013.34 (1.67 to 6.66)
Smoker active0.080.47 (0.21 to 1.10)
NYHA class I0.0018.32 (3.80 to 18.21)
Symptoms yes0.0010.23 (0.13 to 0.42)
Normal or slightly reduced right ventricular function0.0322.56 (1.09 to 6.02)
Normal left ventricular function0.1141.82 (0.87 to 3.84)
Cardiovascular medication yes0.0010.31 (0.18 to 0.53)
  • Normal or slightly reduced right ventricular function in contrast to moderately or severely reduced right ventricular function. Bold font indicates p value <0.05.

  • NYHA, New York Heart Association functional class.