Health-related costs in a sample of premenopausal non-diabetic overweight or obese females in Antwerp region: a cost-of-illness analysis

Table 5 Spearman rank order correlation coefficients (Rho) matrix between costs, utility index, BMI, age and number of comorbidities in this study sample

	Utility	Cost absenteeism	Total cost patient	Total cost insurer	Total cost society	BMI	Age	Number comorbidities
Utility	1.000	−0.395**	−0.532**	−0.501**	−0.550**	−0.303*	−0.249	−0.443**
Cost absenteeism	−0.395**	1.000	0.359**	0.371**	0.585**	0.140	0.178	0.201
Total cost patient	−0.532**	0.359**	1.000	0.895**	0.886**	0.197	.291*	0.260*
Total cost insurer	−0.501**	0.371**	0.895**	1.000	0.929**	0.222	0.194	0.201
Total cost society	−0.550**	0.585**	0.886**	0.929**	1.000	0.182	0.189	0.190
BMI	−0.303*	0.140	0.197	0.222	0.182	1.000	0.017	0.394**
Age	−0.249	0.178	0.291*	0.194	0.189	0.017	1.000	0.168
Number comorbidies	−0.443**	0.201	0.260*	0.201	0.190	0.394**	0.168	1.000

*: correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; **: correlation is significant at the 0.01 level

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