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. 2011 Apr 6;9:20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-20

Table 4.

SF-12 domains and summary scores by presence or absence of osteoporosis and morphometric vertebral fracture

Without vertebral fracture With Vertebral fracture Total*

T-Score > -2.5 T-Score ≤ -2.5 Mild Mod-severe
Physical functioning 65.05 65.62 57.24 44 60.46
p < 0.0001 (62.14-67.96) (60.21-71.04) (49.22-65.25) (34.53-53.47) (57.45-63.48)
Physical role 80.78 78.57 71.71 69.5 77.1
p = 0.0003 (78.83-82.74) (74.99-82.14) (65.88-77.54) (62.91-76.08) (75.09-79.10)
Bodily pain 74.61 74.85 70.06 70 74.17
p = 0.3741 (70.65-79.04) (70.65-79.04) (63.53-81.4) (61.63-78.36) (71.87-76.47)
General health 49.24 49.13 40.13 46 47.57
p = 0.0146 (47.24-51.24) (45.50-52.77) (34.15-46.11) (39.00-52.99) (45.62-49.51)
Vitality 22.15 22.17 27.3 19 21.94
p = 0.3147 (19.86-24.45) (18.36-25.97) (20.82-33.77) (11.88-26.11) (19.79-24.10)
Social functioning 86.27 82.29 77.96 74.5 81.98
p = 0.0003 (81.2-87.5) (78.50-86.07) (71.49-84.42) (66.97-82.02) (79.80-84.17)
Emotional role 86.37 82.66 83.22 80 84.19
p = 0.0250 (84.78-87.95) (79.76-85.56) (78.36-88.08) (73.95-86.04) (82.47-85.91)
Mental Health 56.91 54.61 58.55 58.25 56.87
p = 0.4418 (55.11-58.70) (51.46-57.75) (53.90-63.19) (52.85-63.64) (55.08-58.66)

PCS 45.32 45.72 41.62 40.25 44.14
p = 0.0004 (44.41-46.23) (44.01-47.43) (39.07-44.17) (37.25-43.25) (43.24-45.05)
MCS 45.65 44 46.29 45.54 45.29
p = 0.1330 (44.90-46.41) (42.69-45.32) (44.32-48.25) (43.00-48.08) (44.54-46.06)

SF-12: Medical Outcomes Study Survey Form 12; PCS: Physical Component Summary; MCS: Mental Component Summary. *Total weighted to represent the distribution of the female population by age in the city of Valencia.