Independent predictors of an inferior quality of life five years after CABG in survivors in whom quality of life was assessed both before and five years after CABG
| NHP total score > 5.8 (median) | PGWI total score < 107 (median) | PAS > 3.00 (median) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | ||||
| Preoperative inferior QoL3-150 | < 0.0001 | 3.8 (2.8 to 5.1) | < 0.0001 | 5.2 (3.9 to 7.0) | 0.0002 | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.4) | |||
| Age | 0.004 | 1.03 (1.01 to 1.05) | |||||||
| Female sex | 0.003 | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.9) | 0.05 | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.4) | < 0.0001 | 3.1 (2.0 to 4.6) | |||
| Functional class | 0.01 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | |||||||
| Hypertension | 0.004 | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.1) | 0.02 | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) | |||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.04 | 1.7 (1.0 to 2.9) | 0.02 | 1.9 (1.1 to 3.1) | |||||
| Renal dysfunction | 0.02 | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.2) | |||||||
| Cerebrovascular disease | 0.02 | 2.0 (1.1 to 3.6) | 0.009 | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.8) | 0.03 | 2.0 (1.1 to 3.5) | |||
| Claudication | 0.004 | 2.2 (1.3 to 3.6) | < 0.0001 | 3.3 (1.9 to 5.9) | |||||
| COPD on medication | 0.03 | 3.2 (1.2 to 8.7) | |||||||
| Obesity | 0.04 | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.5) | 0.002 | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.3) | |||||
| Previous CABG | 0.02 | 2.5 (1.1 to 5.3) | 0.003 | 3.3 (1.5 to 7.3) | |||||
↵3-150 Defined as worse than median for the three different instruments, respectively.
OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval; COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.