. 2008 Oct 12;9:138. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-138

Table 2.

SF-36 in men preoperative and 6 month after removal of PHILOS plate and the age- and gender matched norms of the German population


SF-36 sub-scales	Preoperative (n = 29) Mean ± SD	6-month follow-up (n = 30) Mean ± SD	Norms of the German population	* p-values	^#p-values

Physical functioning	52.3 ± 12.3	67.1 ± 23.6	72.9 ± 22.1	*0.04*	*0.02*
Role physical	44.8 ± 17.5	58.8 ± 11.2	65.7 ± 33.5	*0.045*	*0.03*
Bodily pain	46.9 ± 20.1	64.7 ± 9.8	70.3 ± 22.8	*0.0006*	*0.04*
General health	40.3 ± 9.4	52.0 ± 12.6	56.3 ± 15.9	*0.01*	0.52
Vitality	44.2 ± 23.7	57.5 ± 13	61.4 ± 17.3	*0.0008*	*0.049*
Social functioning	69.3 ± 24.8	84.6 ± 8.2	91.8 ± 10.8	*0.0001*	*0.009*
Role emotional	69.1 ± 14.7	77.2 ± 19.8	84.2 ± 26.9	*0.045*	*0.01*
Mental health	66.9 ± 17.3	71.3 ± 11.9	75.7 ± 13.9	*0.03*	0.61

Data are given as mean ± SD, * p-values comparing patients preoperative results to 6-month follow-up data, ^#p-values comparing patients results at 6-month follow-up to normative data. ANOVA on ranks followed by Tukey.

* p-values comparing patients preoperative results to 6-month follow-up data.

^#p-values comparing patients results at 6-month follow-up to normative data