Higher Income and Integration into the Workforce Are the Main Factors Associated with Quality of Life in Acromegalic Patients in Northeastern Brazil

Table 6

Correlation between the Acro-QoL domain scores and the disease diagnosis and treatment variables, São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil, 2015.

Acro-QoL domain (score)	Time since diagnosis (months)		Length of use of octreotide LAR (months)		Length of use of cabergoline (months)		Time since surgery (months)		Number of surgeries
	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value
Total	−0.132	0.328	−0.138	0.379	−0.078	0.566	0.062	0.649	−0.195	0.262
Physical	−0.134	0.320	−0.190	0.222	0.061	0.650	−0.040	0.770	−0.049	0.779
Psychological	−0.103	0.447	−0.104	0.508	−0.166	0.216	0.118	0.388	−0.251	0.145
Appearance	−0.105	0.439	−0.097	0.535	−0.115	0.393	0.110	0.421	−0.117	0.503
Personal relationships	−0.065	0.628	−0.060	0.703	−0.166	0.216	0.117	0.392	−0.333	0.050

Pearson correlation coefficient.