Health related quality of life of preterm born children at three years in a sub urban district in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

Table 3 Key predictors of health related quality of life of preterm born children (N = 379)

Variable	Subscales of health related quality of life^a
Variable	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
Development status	−0.151	−0.021	− 0.071	0.089	− 0.092	−0.103	− 0.142	−0.204	− 0.040	−0.106	− 0.159	0.112
Acute complications at birth	−0.078	0.053	−0.074	−0.125	− 0.002	−0.020	− 0.059	−0.012	− 0.010	0.045	− 0.045	−0.183
Chronic ill health	0.131	0.121	0.096	−0.232	−0.044	− 0.098	−0.076	− 0.175	−0.178	− 0.250	−0.055	− 0.88
Z score of the BMI	0.037	0.140	0.028	0.076	−0.028	−0.051	0.070	0.045	0.001	−0.012	−0.009	− 0.046
Birth weight	0.029	0.039	0.079	−0.139	−0.068	0.046	0.064	−0.029	−0.094	− 0.046	0.043	− 0.037
Socio economic status	−0.103	− 0.106	−0.076	0.004	−0.114	− 0.020	−0.013	− 0.010	0.151	− 0.055	−0.072	− 0.026
Health perception	0.120	0.050	0.043	0.078	−0.001	−0.063	0.117	−0.048	0.233	0.125	0.136	−0.017

^aI - Sleep wellbeing, II - General wellbeing, III - Eating behaviour, IV- Respiratory symptoms, V- Abdominal symptoms, VI - Skin, VII - Motor, VIII - Communication, IX- Social interaction, X - Aggressive behaviour, XI - Anxiety, XII- Positive emotions
Bold numbers denotes a statistically significant association

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