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TABLE 4.

Activity scores on quality-of-life measures

	Group

Measure	Emergent		Elective		P value
Measure	n	Mean	n	Mean	P value
Karnofsky Performance Score	35	82.6 ± 18.7	114	89.0 ± 12.3	0.06
SF-36 Health Survey Activity Score	28	12.3 ± 5.4	86	14.7 ± 5.2	0.04