Factors influencing health-related quality of life in chronic liver disease

Table 2 Variables by severity of the liver diseases

Variable	Normal	Chronic hepatitis	Child’s class A	Child’s class B	Child’s class C	P
n	50	135	59	40	16
Age (Mean ± SD, yr)	49.1 ± 8.5	43.5 ±12.2	51.7 ± 9.1	54.1 ± 10.2	54.6 + 8.0	< 0.01
Male	28 (56%)	88 (65.2%)	39 (66.1%)	22 (55%)	10 (62.5%)	0.73
Single1	9/49 (18.4%)	55/133 (41.4%)	7/53 (13.2%)	7/37 (18.9%)	3/15 (20.0%)	< 0.01
Low education1	30/50 (60%)	79/133 (59.4%)	39/53 (73.6%)	33/36 (91.7%)	14/15 (93.3%)	< 0.01
Unemployment1	2/50 (4.0%)	16/133 (12.0%)	11/53 (20.8%)	14/37 (37.8%)	3/15 (20.0%)	< 0.01
Blue-collar career1	1/46 (2.2%)	16/129 (12.4%)	8/51 (15.7%)	6/37 (16.2%)	7/15 (46.7%)	< 0.01
Financial burden1	22/50 (44.0%)	46/133 (34.6%)	22/53 (41.5%)	14/37 (37.8%)	5/15 (33.3%)	0.77
Good health perception1	46/50 (92.0%)	106/133 (79.7%)	38/53 (71.7%)	24/37 (64.9%)	9/15 (60.0%)	< 0.01

¹Incomplete data.