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Table 2 Mean uniconditional disability weights of pre-existing diseases, obtained from EQ-5D data of injury patients at 9 months follow-up

From: The effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life for injury patients in the first year following injury: comparison of three comorbidity adjustment approaches

Pre-existing disease

n

Mean1

CI2

CNLD3

7

.12

.05-.19

Heart disease

11

.07

.07-.15

Diabetes

6

.21

.01-.51

Backache

8

.26

.01-.69

Osteoarthritis

30

.38

.20-.56

Rheumatoid arthritis

10

.16

.01-.41

Other disease

51

.23

.11-.19

  1. 1 Adjusted for age and sex of the patient
  2. 2 CI = confidence interval
  3. 3 CNLD = Chronic nonspecific lung disease
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