Quality of life among post-menopausal women due to oxidative stress boosted by dysthymia and anxiety

BMC Women's Health

Table 4 Relationship between lipoperoxides levels and the score of each subscale of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (brief), in postmenopausal women, with univariate and multivariate analysis

	Univariate		Multivariate
Subscale	r	p value	Unstandardized β (standard error)	p value
Physical	−0.209	0.020	−0.0003 (0.002)	0.842
Psychological	−0.212	0.019	0.002 (0.002)	0.409
Social	−0.405	<0.0001	−0.010 (0.003)	0.002
Environmental	−0.271	0.004	−0.001 (0.002)	0.409

Data show Pearson correlation coefficient and p value, and multiple linear regression parameters using LPO levels as dependent variable and the subscale scores of WHOQoL-brief as independent variables; the model was adjusted by number of cigarettes consumed and hours of sleep by day and BMI as pro-oxidant life-style factors. R = 0.423, R² = 0.179, p = 0.012

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