The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting List for Surgery Was Independently Associated with a Worse Quality of Life

Table 2

Patient variables associated with EQ-5D 5L score on unadjusted analysis for those awaiting ACL reconstruction.

Variables		Correlation coefficient	Difference	value
Age		−0.147		0.236
Sex	Male (n = 50)		Reference
	Female (n = 17)		0.054	0.482
BMI		−0.258		0.035
IKDC score		0.540		<0.001
Physical function		0.726		<0.001
Role limitations-physical		0.358		0.003
Role limitations-emotional		0.273		0.025
Energy/fatigue		0.387		0.001
Emotional wellbeing		0.537		<0.001
Social functioning		0.558		<0.001
Pain		0.529		<0.001
General health		0.438		<0.001
Time since injury		0.203		0.099
Time on waiting list		0.215		0.081

Pearson correlation unless otherwise stated; t-test.