Table 3.
SF-36 subscales and component scales in patients with diabetes, hypertension and osteoarthritis (all data were mean and SD)
| PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH | PCS | MCS | |
|
Diabetes without comorbidity (n = 147) |
65.77 (30.44) |
62.42 (44.20) |
66.94 (30.26) |
55.82 (20.17) |
52.09 (23.78) |
77.69 (23.82) |
66.83 (43.91) |
69.21 (21.25) |
43.45 (11.38) |
48.75 (10.93) |
|
Diabetes and Hypertension (n = 235) |
70.02 (26.14) |
72.21 (40.26) |
72.89 (27.01) |
57.79 (17.15) |
58.33 (21.05) |
81.47 (22.52) |
82.52 (35.08) |
72.79 (17.88) |
45.51 (9.52) |
51.49 (9.09) |
|
Diabetes and osteoarthritis (n = 97) |
49.99 *** (27.90) |
41.46* (44.56) |
44.21*** (21.54) |
50.46* (17.06) |
47.98 (18.84) |
71.60* (26.99) |
62.45 (44.46) |
65.68 (18.33) |
35.30*** (10.50) |
48.31 (10.11) |
|
Diabetes, hypertension and osteoarthritis (n = 271) |
53.08 *** (28.04) |
45.50* (45.12) |
44.60*** (23.99) |
49.13** (18.02) |
46.93* (19.42) |
74.25 (26.78) |
68.06 (44.92) |
66.35 (20.83) |
35.93*** (11.07) |
49.31 (11.80) |
PF = Physical functioning, RP = Role physical, BP = Bodily pain, GH = General health, VT = Vitality, SF = Social functioning, RE = Role emotional, ME = Mental health, PCS = Physical component scale, MCS = Mental component scale
All group comparisons are versus Diabetes without comorbidity (adjusted for age, bmi, gender, ses and depressive disorder)
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001