Table 5Type 3 Tests of Fixed Effects for Demographic Variables and Scores of KDQOL-36 Domains

Demographic variablesEKD domainBKD domainSPKD domainSF-12 PCS domainSF-12 MCS domain
F valueaP valueF valueaP valueF valueaP valueF valueaP valueF valueaP value
White2.48.120.47.500.51.720.12.730.28.60
Hispanic2.70.100.06.803.85.060.03.860.02.90
Female2.16.140.01.993.87.062.62.113.91.05
Age quartile0.92.430.17.922.97.091.24.300.75.53
Married1.00.322.63.110.82.410.76.390.98.32
Attended or completed college1.77.190.27.600.96.390.45.500.43.51
Employed4.01.054.81.031.35.2618.99<.00010.03.86
Rural2.77.102.97.092.17.151.67.201.75.19

Abbreviations: BKD, Burden of Kidney Disease; EKD, Effects of Kidney Disease; KDQOL-36, Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36; MCS, Mental Composite Summary; PCS, Physical Composite Summary; SF-12, Short Form-12; SPKD, Symptoms and Problems of Kidney Disease.

aF value = ratio of variances of the observations.

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