Association between demographics, medical factors and health-related quality of life in multivariate a logistic regression model containing NYHA instead of symptoms
| Initial step OR (95%CI) | Final step OR (95%CI) | |
| Age | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.02) | |
| Physical activity >3 h/week | 2.42 (0.98 to 6.00) | 2.27 (1.07 to 4.84) |
| Smoker | 0.48 (0.16 to 1.45) | |
| NYHA I | 6.39 (2.70 to 15.16) | 7.28 (3.29 to 16.12) |
| Normal or slightly reduced right ventricular function | 1.47 (0.50 to 4.27) | |
| Cardiovascular medication yes | 0.60 (0.27 to 1.33) |
Normal or slightly reduced right ventricular function in contrast to moderately or severely reduced right ventricular function.
NYHA, New York Heart Association functional class.