Table 4.
SF-36 subscales and summary scores in patients and the controls with primary school, secondary school and high school/university. Data are expressed as means ± SD and 95% CI
| Eucational level | |||||||||
| Primary school | Secondary school | High school/university | |||||||
| Mean | SD | 95% CI | Mean | SD | 95% CI | Mean | SD | 95% CI | |
| PF | |||||||||
| Controls | 75.4 | 21.8 | 73.8 – 77.1 | 89.3 | 14.1 | 88.1 – 90.5 | 91.4 | 13.0 | 89.4 – 93.3 |
| RA | 39.2 | 20.5 | 35.7 – 42.7 | 40.4 | 20.5 | 37.9 – 42.9 | 50.0 | 19.1 | 45.8 – 54.3 |
| SA | 51.0 | 25.5 | 43.1 – 58.9 | 52.6 | 17.0 | 47.4 – 57.8 | 55.9 | 18.9 | 45.8 – 66.0 |
| Per PsA | 42.3 | 24.9 | 33.0 – 51.6 | 42.0 | 18.9 | 37.3 – 46.7 | 55.0 | 19.3 | 25.0 – 75.0 |
| Ax PsA | 44.6 | 17.4 | 34.9 – 54.3 | 52.3 | 19.3 | 46.1 – 58.5 | 56.1 | 12.9 | 46.1 – 66.0 |
| RP | |||||||||
| Control | 65.5 | 38.3 | 62.6 – 68.4 | 80.8 | 32.1 | 78.0 – 83.5 | 83.8 | 30.3 | 79.4 – 88.3 |
| RA | 28.5 | 13.6 | 27.2 – 31.9 | 29.1 | 15.9 | 26.1 – 31.1 | 35.3 | 18.9 | 31.0 – 39.5 |
| SA | 33.1 | 33.2 | 28.9 – 49.3 | 39.6 | 25.9 | 30.7 – 46.5 | 54.6 | 31.9 | 37.6 – 71.6 |
| Per PsA | 23.6 | 25.4 | 14.1 – 33.0 | 37.3 | 25.3 | 31.0 – 43.5 | 68.7 | 37.5 | 19.0 – 88.4 |
| Ax PsA | 33.3 | 30.8 | 16.2 – 50.4 | 36.2 | 23.7 | 28.6 – 43.8 | 58.3 | 27.9 | 36.8 – 79.8 |
| BP | |||||||||
| Controls | 72.3 | 21.6 | 70.6 – 73.9 | 84.2 | 17.5 | 82.7 – 85.8 | 86.1 | 15.9 | 83.8 – 88.5 |
| RA | 29.3 | 17.8 | 27.3 – 33.3 | 30.3 | 16.4 | 27.3 – 32.4 | 31.6 | 17.3 | 27.7 – 35.5 |
| SA | 42.6 | 18.1 | 38.0 – 49.2 | 43.9 | 12.8 | 39.0 – 46.8 | 53.5 | 19.6 | 43.0 – 63.9 |
| Per PsA | 39.5 | 20.3 | 31.9 – 47.1 | 33.4 | 16.2 | 29.4 – 37.4 | 53.1 | 18.1 | 24.1 – 82.0 |
| Ax PsA | 35.1 | 14.5 | 27.0 – 43.2 | 46.4 | 13.5 | 42.1 – 50.8 | 64.1 | 18.8 | 49.6 – 78.6 |
| GH | |||||||||
| Controls | 55.2 | 18.2 | 53.8 – 56.6 | 64.3 | 17.9 | 62.7 – 65.8 | 68.9 | 14.8 | 66.7 – 71.1 |
| RA | 40.9 | 19.1 | 37.7 – 44.2 | 44.3 | 19.5 | 41.8 – 46.7 | 48.1 | 20.2 | 43.6 – 52.6 |
| SA | 45.2 | 22.5 | 38.3 – 52.2 | 45.4 | 20.8 | 39.0 – 51.7 | 57.2 | 21.3 | 45.8 – 68.6 |
| Per PsA | 44.6 | 16.0 | 38.6 – 50.6 | 45.5 | 17.8 | 41.1 – 49.9 | 48.7 | 2.5 | 44.7 – 52.7 |
| Ax PsA | 38.6 | 15.2 | 30.1 – 47.1 | 44.8 | 17.9 | 39.1 – 50.6 | 48.3 | 9.6 | 40.8 – 55.7 |
| MH | |||||||||
| Controls | 59.8 | 16.9 | 58.5 – 61.1 | 66.7 | 15.5 | 65.3 – 68.0 | 66.6 | 15.4 | 64.3 – 68.9 |
| RA | 48.8 | 24.2 | 44.7 – 52.9 | 49.8 | 23.1 | 46.9 – 52.6 | 54.2 | 22.0 | 49.3 – 59.1 |
| SA | 42.9 | 19.4 | 36.9 – 48.9 | 52.9 | 16.9 | 47.7 – 58.0 | 66.70 | 13.7 | 59.4 – 74.0 |
| Per PsA | 46.4 | 13.8 | 41.2 – 51.5 | 43.6 | 19.7 | 38.7 – 48.5 | 44.0 | 11.3 | 25.9 – 62.0 |
| Ax PsA | 39.2 | 22.2 | 26.8 – 51.5 | 48.7 | 20.1 | 42.2 – 55.1 | 54.7 | 17.1 | 41.6 – 67.9 |
| RE | |||||||||
| Controls | 63.2 | 40.5 | 60.1 – 66.3 | 79.3 | 33.2 | 76.4 – 82.2 | 79.4 | 31.0 | 74.9 – 84.0 |
| RA | 35.7 | 42.5 | 31.4 – 45.9 | 38.8 | 40.0 | 33.8 – 43.8 | 44.1 | 43.3 | 34.5 – 53.8 |
| SA | 33.3 | 26.5 | 25.1 – 41.4 | 40.1 | 26.0 | 32.2 – 48.0 | 77.1 | 31.5 | 60.2 – 93.9 |
| Per PsA | 21.0 | 25.4 | 11.5 – 30.5 | 31.2 | 27.0 | 22.5 – 32.9 | 28.9 | 31.9 | 25.8 – 35.6 |
| Ax PsA | 31.0 | 26.6 | 16.2 – 45.8 | 41.2 | 28.8 | 31.9 – 50.4 | 53.2 | 23.6 | 41.0 – 61.3 |
| SF | |||||||||
| Controls | 68.4 | 19.8 | 66.9 – 69.9 | 74.6 | 20.2 | 72.9 – 76.3 | 77.4 | 18.2 | 74.7 – 80.1 |
| RA | 44.7 | 21.0 | 41.1 – 48.3 | 47.2 | 21.6 | 44.5 – 49.9 | 48.8 | 20.2 | 44.3 – 53.3 |
| SA | 46.9 | 19.0 | 41.1 – 52.8 | 52.2 | 19.5 | 46.2 – 58.1 | 75.6 | 19.7 | 65.1 – 86.1 |
| Per PsA | 44.6 | 19.5 | 37.2 – 51.9 | 41.5 | 18.6 | 36.9 – 46.1 | 62.5 | 17.6 | 34.3 – 90.6 |
| Ax PsA | 39.0 | 8.0 | 34.6 – 43.5 | 45.8 | 10.8 | 42.3 – 49.3 | 49.8 | 18.8 | 35.4 – 64.3 |
| VT | |||||||||
| Controls | 55.1 | 15.4 | 53.9 – 56.2 | 58.8 | 15.7 | 57.4 – 60.1 | 57.7 | 14.1 | 55.6 – 59.8 |
| RA | 39.4 | 20.6 | 35.9 – 42.9 | 41.9 | 20.9 | 39.3 – 44.5 | 45.8 | 20.1 | 41.4 – 50.3 |
| SA | 40.9 | 20.8 | 34.5 – 47.3 | 48.2 | 15.9 | 43.4 – 53.1 | 54.6 | 11.1 | 48.7 – 60.6 |
| Per PsA | 47.6 | 15.1 | 41.9 – 53.3 | 43.6 | 16.4 | 39.5 – 47.6 | 48.7 | 10.3 | 32.3 – 65.1 |
| Ax PsA | 29.3 | 19.0 | 18.7 – 39.8 | 45.0 | 18.6 | 39.0 – 50.9 | 47.2 | 15.2 | 35.5 – 58.9 |
| SF-36 PCS | |||||||||
| Controls | 47.2 | 8.7 | 46.5 – 47.9 | 52.2 | 7.2 | 51.6 – 52.8 | 53.6 | 5.4 | 52.8 – 54.4 |
| RA | 31.7 | 5.9 | 30.7 – 32.7 | 32.2 | 5.8 | 31.4 – 32.9 | 34.5 | 6.2 | 33.1 – 35.8 |
| SA | 36.1 | 9.9 | 34.1 – 40.2 | 38.4 | 6.5 | 35.4 – 41.4 | 38.3 | 9.8 | 33.0 – 43.5 |
| Per PsA | 33.4 | 8.1 | 30.4 – 36.4 | 33.6 | 5.2 | 32.3 – 34.9 | 48.4 | 5.0 | 40.3 – 56.5 |
| Ax PsA | 35.0 | 6.0 | 31.6 – 38.3 | 37.5 | 7.1 | 35.2 – 39.7 | 43.0 | 4.2 | 39.8 – 46.2 |
| SF-36 MCS | |||||||||
| Controls | 44.1 | 8.3 | 43.4 – 44.7 | 47.1 | 7.9 | 46.4 – 47.7 | 46.5 | 7.4 | 45.4 – 47.6 |
| RA | 38.8 | 12.1 | 36.7 – 40.8 | 39.2 | 11.5 | 37.7 – 40.6 | 40.8 | 12.0 | 38.1 – 43.5 |
| SA | 34.8 | 7.4 | 32.5 – 37.1 | 39.9 | 7.9 | 37.5 – 42.3 | 50.4 | 8.8 | 45.7 – 55.1 |
| Per PsA | 37.1 | 4.7 | 35.3 – 38.8 | 37.0 | 7.6 | 35.1 – 38.9 | 31.7 | 6.6 | 21.1 – 42.4 |
| Ax PsA | 32.5 | 8.7 | 27.6 – 37.3 | 37.6 | 7.6 | 35.1 – 40.0 | 40.9 | 7.3 | 35.3 – 44.6 |
For definitions see Table 3