Table 3.

Mean (SD) scores for eight variables of SF-36 for women and men

Variables (N)	Women (n = 670) Mean ± SD	Men (n = 609) Mean ± SD	P*
PF (1279)	80.6 ± 21.7	87.2 ± 17.1	0.000
RP (1279)	82.9 ± 28.6	89.8 ± 19.3	0.000
BP (1279)	81.0 ± 20.2	85.1 ± 16.4	0.001
GH (1279)	69.1 ± 16.9	73.6 ± 14.9	0.000
VT(1271)	63.4 ± 13.7	65.7 ± 11.9	0.098
SF (1279)	90.1 ± 12.9	91.7 ± 12.8	0.017
RE (1279)	89.0 ± 22.5	92.8 ± 15.1	0.001
MH (1271)	70.1 ± 11.4	71.0 ± 10.6	0.727
PCS** (1271)	46.6 ± 9.9	49.4 ± 7.4	0.000
MCS** (1271)	47.3 ± 9.8	48.2 ± 9.1	0.439

*Mann-Whitney U test

** Country specific algorithms