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 3

Patient variables associated with the EQ-5D 5L score when adjusting for confounding using regression analysis for those awaiting ACL reconstruction (R² = 0.66).

Variable in model		B	95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
Age		0.0006	−0.0051	0.0064	0.829
Sex	Male	Reference
	Female	0.0138	−0.0963	0.1239	0.802
BMI		−0.0018	−0.0099	0.0064	0.667
IKDC score		0.0028	−0.0036	0.0076	0.476
Physical function		0.0057	0.0023	0.0091	0.002
Role limitations-physical		−0.0007	−0.0026	0.0012	0.489
Role limitations-emotional		−0.0006	−0.0021	0.0009	0.452
Energy/fatigue		−0.0002	−0.0029	0.0025	0.907
Emotional wellbeing		0.0034	−0.0003	0.0070	0.068
Social functioning		0.0023	−0.0002	0.0048	0.076
Pain		0.0000	−0.0026	0.0027	0.979
General health		0.0005	−0.0025	0.0035	0.731
Time since injury		0.0000	−0.0001	0.0000	0.321
Time on waiting list		0.0004	0.0000	0.0007	0.038