Table 3.

EQ-5D stratified by age groups, sex, and surgery (N = 128)

EQ-5D health score	Age groups				Sex			Surgery
	< 8 years (N = 29)	8–15 years (N = 68)	≥ 16 years (N = 31)	p value	Male (N = 61)	Female (N = 67)	p value	No (N = 74)	Yes (N = 54)	p value
EQ-5D Index Value
Median	1.000	0.887	0.859	< 0.001	0.914	0.887	0.93	0.955	0.861	0.001
IQRa	0.887, 1	0.825, 1	0.613, 0.953		0.811, 1	0.825, 1		0.825, 1	0.781, 0.955
EQ-5D VAS scale
Median	100	90	75	< 0.001	85	95	0.42	96	80	< 0.001
IQR	95, 100	79, 100	50, 85		80, 100	75, 100		86, 100	70, 90
Five dimensions
Mobility
No problems	25 [86.2%]	59 [86.8%]	16 [51.6%]	< 0.001	46 [75.4%]	54 [80.6%]	0.48	63 [85.1%]	37 [68.5%]	0.025
Any problemsa	4 [13.8%]	9 [13.2%]	15 [48.4%]		15 [24.6%]	13 [19.4%]		11 [14.9%]	17 [31.5%]
Self-care
No problems	29 [100%]	64 [94.1%]	21 [67.7%]	< 0.001	54 [88.5%]	60 [89.6%]	0.85	70 [94.6%]	44 [81.5%]	0.019
Any problems	0 [0%]	4 [5.9%]	10 [32.3%]		7 [11.5%]	7 [10.4%]		4 [5.4%]	10 [18.5%]
Usual activities
No problems	27 [93.1%]	56 [82.4%]	14 [45.2%]	< 0.001	43 [70.5%]	54 [80.6%]	0.18	61 [82.4%]	36 [66.7%]	0.040
Any problems	2 [6.9%]	12 [17.6%]	17 [54.8%]		18 [29.5%]	13 [19.4%]		13 [17.6%]	18 [33.3]
Pain/discomfort
No problems	22 [75.9%]	36 [52.9%]	7 [22.6%]	< 0.001	33 [54.1%]	32 [47.8%]	0.47	44 [59.5%]	21 [38.9%]	0.022
Any problems	7 [24.1%]	32 [47.1%]	24 [77.4%]		28 [45.9%]	35 [52.2%]		30 [40.5%]	33 [61.1%]
Anxiety/depression
No problems	28 [96.6%]	46 [67.6%]	14 [45.2%]	< 0.001	46 [75.4%]	42 [62.7%]	0.12	59 [79.7%]	29 [53.7%]	0.002
Any problems	1 [3.4%]	22 [32.4%]	17 [54.8%]		15 [24.6%]	25 [37.3%]		15 [20.3%]	25 [46.3%]

Data are expressed as N [%]

IQR interquartile

^aAll levels ≥ 2 were collapsed