Health-related quality of life among individuals with long-standing spinal cord injury: a comparative study of veterans and non-veterans

Table 5 Regression analysis for mental component summary (MCS)*

Variables	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients
	Beta	Std. Error	Beta	t	P
Non-veterans (versus veterans)	26.703	3.258	0.299	8.197	<0.001
Age	0.857	.144	0.461	5.967	<0.001
Educational level	5.310	2.111	0.145	2.515	0.01
Lack of spinal injury in cervical region	7.277	3.165	0.149	2.299	0.02

* Variables that failed to represent significant P values (P < 0.05) were excluded from the model using a backward elimination procedure.

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