Evaluating the sensitivity of EQ-5D in a sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in two tertiary health care facilities in Nigeria

Table 2 Multiple regression of EQ VAS score and EQ-5D with demographic and clinical variables (N = 226)

	β	SE	t	p value
EQ VAS^a
Constant	96.64	5.71	16.94	<0.01
Number of diabetic complications	−6.76	1.22	−5.55	<0.01
Number of co-morbidities	−6.15	1.27	−4.83	<0.01
Age	−0.22	0.09	−2.39	0.02
Patient’s level of education	4.51	2.19	2.06	0.04
Equation-5D index^a
Constant	1.25	0.08	16.71	<0.01
Number of diabetic complications	−0.12	0.02	−7.35	<0.01
Number of co-morbidities	−0.07	0.02	−4.43	<0.01
Age	−0.003	0.001	−2.92	<0.01
Patient’s level of education	0.06	0.03	2.10	0.04

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