Table 3.

Scores of health-related quality of life in the QUOVADIS population.

	Class I Obesity† n = 723	Class II Obesity n = 529	Class III Obesity n = 634	P*
ORWELL-97	41.3 ± 25.7	50.0 ± 28.3	58.5 ± 29.4	< 0.001
Short Form-36
Physical Functioning	76.8 ± 19.5	70.5 ± 21.5	57.1 ± 24.4	< 0.001
Role physical	68.6 ± 35.6	60.3 ± 39.4	51.4 ± 39.9	< 0.001
Bodily pain	64.7 ± 26.7	61.7 ± 27.7	52.8 ± 27.9	< 0.001
General health	61.1 ± 20.9	57.8 ± 20.5	50.3 ± 21.6	< 0.001
Vitality	53.4 ± 19.7	51.2 ± 20.4	47.2 ± 22.0	< 0.001
Role Emotional	65.0 ± 38.5	59.8 ± 39.7	56.4 ± 40.2	< 0.001
Mental health	61.2 ± 21.2	60.8 ± 20.6	58.9 ± 21.1	< 0.001
Social functioning	69.4 ± 24.8	65.5 ± 25.2	61.6 ± 26.9	< 0.001
Psychological General Well-Being
Depressed mood	11.9 ± 2.6	11.5 ± 2.7	11.0 ± 3.2	0.002
Anxiety	15.9 ± 4.9	15.4 ± 5.1	14.9 ± 5.3	< 0.001
Positive well-being	10.6 ± 3.8	10.2 ± 3.9	9.6 ± 4.0	< 0.001
Self-control	11.1 ± 3.1	10.7 ± 3.2	10.3 ± 3.5	< 0.001
General health	10.5 ± 2.7	9.9 ± 2.8	8.9 ± 2.9	< 0.001
Vitality	11.8 ± 3.9	11.3 ± 4.0	10.5 ± 4.0	< 0.001
Global index	71.8 ± 17.3	68.9 ± 18.3	65.3 ± 19.6	< 0.001

Data are reported as means ± SD.

^† For ranges of obesity classes, see Table 1.

* Kruskall-Wallis test