Table 3

Association between particular comorbid diseases and visual utility values, using multiple linear regression

Predictor variableβ Coefficientp Value
Constant0.522<0.0005
Age (continuous)0.0002320.782
Sex (referent to male)0.003860.848
Race (referent to white people)0.03110.475
Years of education (continuous)0.002200.494
Vision in better seeing eye (logMAR scale between 0 and 1)0.327<0.0005
Presence of diabetes mellitus0.01000.628
Presence of heart disease−0.01080.632
Presence of cerebrovascular accident−0.06600.034
Presence of cancer−0.02550.308
Presence of renal failure requiring dialysis−0.04880.191