Table 3.

Median SF-12 scores

	n	Physical score		Mental score
		Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Total	96	46.7	34.2-53.9	54.1	42.8-58.2
Sex
Male	48	50.9	33.2-54.0	55.0	44.8-58.9
Female	48	44.6	36.3-53.4	52.9	40.9-57.8
Age (yr)
< 41	10	38.5	33.4-50.4	41.8	32.0-54.1
41-50	7	38.6	35.4-46.9	54.4	37.1-62.4
51-60	16	47.4	33.3-54.9	54.6	43.6-59.8
61-70	38	49.8	36.0-54.2	55.3	43.1-58.8
> 70	25	50.8	37.4-53.8	53.4	45.0-57.9
Indicationa
Benign	20	43.5	33.4-54.9	49.2	37.7-56.3
Prim. malignant	22	41.6	32.9-53.1	49.6	36.5-55.1
Metastatic	54	50.6	39.0-54.2	55.9	47.5-58.8
Type of resectionb
Major	55	52.0	39.0-54.4	54.8	43.7-58.5
Minor	41	41.3	31.6-51.0	52.6	38.6-57.9
Morbidity
Yes	30	44.2	29.7-53.8	53.1	43.1-57.8
No	66	50.2	37.4-54.1	54.1	42.4-58.8

Mental and physical SF-12 scores were stratified for sex, age, indication, type of resection and morbidity. Higher SF-12 scores represent better QOL. P values physical/mental scores:

^aP = 0.2966/0.0317 (metastatic vs primary malignant);

^bP = 0.0049/0.4176 (major vs minor resection).