Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Outpatients with Cirrhosis: Results from a Prospective Cohort

Table 4

Univariable regression analysis of potential predictors for mortality and health-related quality of life.

Variable	Mortality		CLDQ score < 4
	Regression coefficient 𝛽	𝑃 value	Regression coefficient 𝛽	𝑃 value
Age	0.017	0.576	−0.020	0.507
Gender	−0.580	0.264	−0.945	0.091
Body mass index	−0.147	0.083	−0.202	0.023
Employment	−0.405	0.619	−0.539	0.519
Marital status	0.095	0.855	−0.841	0.133
Nonalcoholic etiology of cirrhosis	−0.891	0.196	−2.343	0.009
Comorbidities
Heart disease	0.598	0.267	0.270	0.634
Pulmonary disease	—	—	−0.219	0.798
Renal disease	0.758	0.263	−0.515	0.537
Diabetes	0.557	0.360	−0.644	0.437
Previous malignancy	0.921	0.238	−0.348	0.763
Previous hepatic decompensation
Ascites	0.459	0.425	−0.270	0.634
Hepatic encephalopathy	0.642	0.267	−0.707	0.315
Esophageal varices	0.118	0.820	−0.879	0.140
Child-Pugh score	0.362	0.018	0.454	0.013
Ascites at inclusion	−0.142	0.807	0.752	0.199
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy	−0.013	0.982	0.160	0.778
Hyponatremia	−0.002	0.679	−0.003	0.521
Albumin	−0.129	0.012	−0.083	0.109
Ongoing alcohol abuse	−0.064	0.903	−0.491	0.379

CLDQ: Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire.
Results in bold refers to statistically significant predictors of mortality and CLDQ.