Table 3.
HRQOL (SF-36) mean values in reference and different fracture groups at seven-year follow-up
| SF-36 |
Reference group n = 804 |
Vertebral group n = 42 |
Hip group n = 25 |
p-value* |
| PF | 62.7 (26.7)a | 50.4 (25.9) | 58.2 (21.1) | p1 = 0.004 p2 = 0.404 |
| RP | 55.9 (44.9) | 27.4 (37.8) | 41.0 (39.4) | p1<0.001 p2 = 0.075 |
| BP | 59.0 (27.5) | 41.6 (23.5) | 60.6 (26.7) | p1<0.001 p2 = 0.777 |
| GH | 58.2 (22.8) | 55.8 (24.4) | 65.4 (17.6) | p1 = 0.515 p2 = 0.055 |
| VT | 58.0 (25.4) | 48.0 (25.1) | 63.2 (18.1) | p1 = 0.013 p2 = 0.173 |
| SF | 77.3 (26.3) | 67.0 (28.3) | 83.0 (18.4) | p1 = 0.013 p2 = 0.145 |
| RE | 71.3 (40.6) | 54.0 (45.4) | 80.0 (33.3) | p1 = 0.020 p2 = 0.212 |
| MH | 74.7 (21.0) | 71.2 (22.3) | 82.7 (12.7) | p1 = 0.296 p2 = 0.005 |
PF: Physical Functioning, RP: Role-Physical, BP: Bodily Pain, GH: General Health, VT: Vitality,
SF: Social Functioning, RE: Role-Emotional, MH: Mental Health.
a Values in parentheses correspond to standard deviations.
*Significant tests: unpaired t-test
p1 comparison between vertebral and reference groups
p2 comparison between hip and reference groups
Significance level p < 0.05 is given in bold.