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Table. 2 Primary ordinal logistic regression on significant variables and medication adherence

From: Association between medication adherence and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Variable

Parameter estimate (Exp(B))

95% Confidence Interval for Exp(B)

Wald Chi-Square

P-Value

Lower

Upper

FEV1 (%)

1.027

0.993

1.062

2.350

0.125

Number Of Administered Drugs

1.214

0.869

1.694

1.295

0.255

Education

4.257

1.462

12.397

7.055

0.008

Disease Duration (years)

0.967

0.909

1.027

1.195

0.274

Polypharmacy

0.080

0.012

0.530

6.860

0.009

SGRQ-C

13.561

1.017

180.796

3.892

0.049

CAT

32.140

3.401

303.737

9.169

0.002

mMRC

NAa

–

–

–

–

  1. a Not Applicable due to zero frequency in two categories of medication adherence as reported in Table 1