Table 4.

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) was assessed with SF-36 in women with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35) with and without PCOS before and after weight reduction program.

	PCOS n = 16			Non-PCOS n = 57			P-value change
	Before	After	P-value	Before	After	P-value
Physical function	65.0 ± 23.4	84.7 ± 19.2	0.001	65.2 ± 21.7	76.0 ± 21.4	< 0.001
Role physical	73.4 ± 34.7	70.3 ± 39.0	0.810	51.8 ± 39.2	68.9 ± 38.35	0.012
Bodily pain	54.9 ± 24.5	66.3 ± 29.6	0.156	48.1 ± 28.2	61.9 ± 30.2	0.001
General health	52.9 ± 16.5	64.4 ± 24.9	0.052	44.7 ± 22.7	59.5 ± 21.5	< 0.001
Vitality	38.4 ± 24.7	45.9 ± 28.4	0.208	33.7 ± 18.3	48.5 ± 23.1	< 0.001
Social functioning	77.3 ± 22.0	74.2 ± 26.0	0.569	58.6 ± 26.8	71.2 ± 24.3	0.004
Role emotional	58.3 ± 41.3	52.1 ± 48.6	0.679	61.7 ± 37.5	70.2 ± 44.0	0.161
Mental health	62.3 ± 18.6	63.5 ± 21.3	0.655	55.9 ± 20.1	66.6 ± 18.1	< 0.001
Physical component score (PCS)	41.5 ± 8.5	49.6 ± 8.8	0.011	38.7 ± 12.0	44.5 ± 10.9	0.001	0.439
Mental component score (MCS)	39.9 ± 13.9	38.1 ± 14.5	0.605	37.4 ± 12.2	41.3 ± 12.7	0.074	0.215

Values are presented as means ± SD. P-value is calculated on values before and after weight reduction program in groups using Wilcoxon signed ranks test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. P-change is comparing change (delta value) between groups and calculated using Mann–Whitney-U test. Statistically significant P-values and summary domains are presented in bold.

Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; SF-36, Short form-36.

Score range 0–100 (low to high HRQoL).