Table 3.
SF-36v2™ results in ME/CFS patients by gender
| Norm-based scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF-36 scales and summaries | Males (n = 37) | Females (n = 133) | P-value1 | ||
| mean | SDa | mean | SDa | ||
| Physical Component Summary | 30.2 | 8.8 | 26.0 | 8.2 | 0.023 |
| • Physical Functioning | 31.5 | 13.2 | 26.7 | 9.5 | 0.026 |
| • Role-Physical | 25.3 | 9.2 | 25.4 | 7.9 | 0.840 |
| • Bodily Pain | 33.8 | 10.9 | 31.4 | 9.11 | 0.264 |
| • General Health | 28.4 | 9.7 | 28.3 | 7.5 | 0.993 |
| Mental Component Summary | 30.3 | 11.9 | 35.2 | 11.0 | 0.040 |
| • Vitality | 26.4 | 6.8 | 29.1 | 7.1 | 0.040 |
| • Social Functioning | 25.9 | 11.2 | 25.7 | 9.4 | 0.853 |
| • Role-Emotional | 28.5 | 17.2 | 32.0 | 14.5 | 0.364 |
| • Mental Health | 34.0 | 13.8 | 37.4 | 11.5 | 0.166 |
a SD = Standard Deviation
1 t-test. For all P-values lower than 0.05, except for the vitality score, the difference in means reached the value considered minimally important.