Table 4.
Mean (SD) of SF 36 scores according to age groups
| Age groups (N) | PF Mean (SD) | RP Mean (SD) | BP Mean (SD) | GH Mean (SD) | VT Mean (SD) | SF Mean (SD) | RE Mean (SD) | MH Mean (SD) | PCS* Mean (SD) | MCS* Mean (SD) |
| 18–44 (717) | 94.7 (16.5) | 95.3 (20.3) | 90.1 (17.6) | 77.3 (15.6) | 68.6 (12.8) | 96.5 (11.9) | 95.8 (18.5) | 73.6 (11.0) | 52.7 (7.5) | 49.9 (9.2) |
| 45–64 (446) | 81.3 (25.5) | 86.8 (32.3) | 83.6 (21.4) | 70.8 (18.3) | 65.7 (14.1) | 94.7 (12.9) | 95.0 (20.5) | 73.5 (11.5) | 48.2 (11.0) | 49.5 (10.3) |
| ≥ 65 (116) | 56.3 (37.2) | 64.0 (46.4) | 70.3 (25.9) | 62.8 (20.7) | 60.9 (15.8) | 83.7 (24.4) | 86.5 (32.5) | 72.0 (14.8) | 37.7 (16.3) | 48.3 (12.3) |
| P** | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.687 | 0.000 | 0.850 |
* Country specific algorithms
**Kruskal – Wallis test