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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2007 Dec;45(12):1162–1170. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31814848f1

TABLE 3.

Mean HRQoL Index Scores of U.S. Adults Ages 35-89 by Gender and Age

Index: Male Female Total

age range Mean (s.e.) Mean (s.e.) Mean (s.e.)
EQ-5D:
 35-44 0.89 (0.01) 0.89 (0.01) 0.89 (0.01)
 45-54 0.88 (0.01) 0.87 (0.01) 0.87 (0.01)
 55-64 0.86 (0.01) 0.84 (0.01) 0.85 (0.01)
 65-74 0.87 (0.01) 0.84 (0.01) 0.86 (0.01)
 75-89 0.85 (0.01) 0.82 (0.01) 0.84 (0.01)
HUI2:
 35-44 0.88 (0.01) 0.86 (0.01) 0.87 (0.01)
 45-54 0.86 (0.01) 0.84 (0.01) 0.85 (0.01)
 55-64 0.83 (0.01) 0.81 (0.02) 0.82 (0.01)
 65-74 0.86 (0.01) 0.83 (0.01) 0.85 (0.01)
 75-89 0.84 (0.01) 0.82 (0.01) 0.83 (0.01)
HUI3:
 35-44 0.84 (0.02) 0.81 (0.02) 0.83 (0.01)
 45-54 0.83 (0.01) 0.82 (0.01) 0.83 (0.01)
 55-64 0.78 (0.02) 0.77 (0.02) 0.77 (0.02)
 65-74 0.82 (0.02) 0.79 (0.02) 0.80 (0.01)
 75-89 0.76 (0.02) 0.74 (0.02) 0.75 (0.01)
SF-6D:
 35-44 0.81 (0.01) 0.80 (0.01) 0.80 (0.01)
 45-54 0.81 (0.01) 0.79 (0.01) 0.80 (0.01)
 55-64 0.79 (0.01) 0.76 (0.01) 0.78 (0.01)
 65-74 0.80 (0.01) 0.77 (0.01) 0.78 (0.01)
 75-89 0.77 (0.01) 0.75 (0.01) 0.76 (0.01)
QWB-SA:
 35-44 0.69 (0.01) 0.66 (0.01) 0.67 (0.01)
 45-54 0.68 (0.01) 0.65 (0.01) 0.66 (0.01)
 55-64 0.65 (0.01) 0.61 (0.02) 0.63 (0.01)
 65-74 0.65 (0.01) 0.63 (0.01) 0.64 (0.01)
 75-89 0.60 (0.01) 0.60 (0.01) 0.60 (0.01)
HALex:
 35-44 0.85 (0.01) 0.84 (0.01) 0.85 (0.01)
 45-54 0.81 (0.01) 0.81 (0.01) 0.81 (0.01)
 55-64 0.76 (0.02) 0.74 (0.03) 0.75 (0.02)
 65-74 0.78 (0.01) 0.73 (0.02) 0.76 (0.01)
 75-89 0.75 (0.02) 0.71 (0.02) 0.73 (0.01)

Note: This table was computed first by stratifying cases into gender by age-range strata and then, within each stratum, using survey sample-weighted regression of index scores on ages centered at 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80 years as appropriate to the stratum. The intercept term in each regression then estimates the stratum mean index score for the U.S. population in that stratum at the time of the survey. The standard error of the regression intercept indicates precision of the estimate accounting for survey weights.