Polycystic ovary syndrome and its impact on Iranian women’s quality of life: a population-based study

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Linear regression analysis of possible related factors in HRQoL and domains

	HRQoL	Emotions	Body hair	Weight	Infertility	Menstrual problems
	β	β	β	β	β	β
Age ^a	−0.104	− 0.198*	− 0.068	− 0.027	0.085	− 0.181*
BMI ^a	−0.104	0.060	0.026	−0.540*	0.142	0.069
Hirsutism score ^a	−0.566*	−0.235*	−0.849*	−0.205*	−0.190*	− 0.124
Marital status ^b
Never married Ever married (Ref)	0.059	0.035	−0.103*	− 0.022	0.371*	− 0.074
Residency ^b
Rural Urban (Ref)	−0.008	0.043	−0.053	0.024	0.018	−0.040
Financial Status ^b
Low High (Ref)	0.028	0.070	0.034	−0.003	0.009	−0.014
Education
Primary < Secondary and higher (Ref)	−0.087	0.001	0.079*	0.135*	− 0.092	−0.087
Occupation ^b
Employed Housewife (Ref)	−0.027	−0.004	− 0.044	−0.006	0.023	−0.050
Infertility ^b
Yes No (Ref)	−0.219*	0.008	0.040	− 0.072	−0.465*	0.089
Menstrual Irregularity ^b
Yes No (Ref)	−0.167*	−0.212*	0.034	−0.147*	0.009	−0.302*
Adjusted R²	0.39	0.11	0.77	0.38	0.15	0.10

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