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Published in final edited form as: Hemodial Int. 2012 Mar 13;16(3):377–386. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00676.x

Table 2.

SF-36 Scale Scores (t-scores) at visit 1 and visit 2 - Data presented is mean (SD)

Scale CHD-CHD (n=13) CHD-DHD (n=10) TRANSPLANT N=20) Controls (n=34) P for change among groups

Physical Function
    Baseline 47.8 (12.9)a 47.5 (9.9)a 48.0 (8.4)a 55.0 (3.1)
    6 months 48.9 (11.4)c,d 52.5 (6.1) 54.7 (3.5)
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 1.1 (-1.3, 3.5) 4.7 (1.8, 7.6) 6.7 (4.8, 8.7) 0.02

Role Physical
    Baseline 45.9 (12.8)a 41.2 (12.8)a 40.3 (10.5)a 55.2 (3.0)
    6 months 46.3 (12.4)c,d 43.8 (12.4)c,d 51.9 (8.1)
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 2.5 (-2.8, 7.9) 2.0 (-4.7, 8.8) 10.5 (6.1, 14.8) 0.09

Body Pain
    Baseline 56§ (6.7) 50.7 (8.3)a 55.8 (9.9) 56.8 (6.3)
    6 months 58.1 (7.0) 55.9 (6.9) 59.1 (6.0)
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 2.2 (-0.6, 5.1) 3.0 (-0.5, 6.5) 2.7 (0.5, 5.1) 0.75

General Health
    Baseline 47.4 (11.6)ab 43.4 (10.1)a 40.9 (9.2)a 55.3 (6.8)
    6 months 46.0 (9.6)c 48.1 (10.4)c 47.0 (8.8)c
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 0.3 (-4.0, 4.5) 4.6 (-0.3, 0.9) 5.0 (1.6, 8.4) 0.15

Vitality
    Baseline 51.6 (10.7)ab 48.5 (11.1)ab 40.4 (11.2)a 54.6 (8.2)
    6 months 48.1 (6.0)c 51.1 (12.7)c 50.8 (10.4)c
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 0.2 (-5.1, 5.5) 4.4 (-1.7, 10.9) 7.1 (2.8, 11.5) 0.16

Role Emotional
    Baseline 44.8 (12.9)a 44.8 (15.8)a 49.1 (11.5) 52.9 (6.8)
    6 months 50.5 (10.2)cd 44.8 (12.9)cd 51.6 (9.8)
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 4.9 (1.3, 8.6) -0.6 (-5.0, 3.6) 3.4 (-0.4, 6.3) 0.21

Mental Health
    Baseline 55.8 (6.3) 49.1 (12.0) 51.4 (8.8) 54.0 (7.2)
    6 months 54.2 (7.9) 50.9 (9.9) 51.9(8.1)
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) -0.03 (-4.0, 3.9) 0.4 (-4.4, 5.1) -0.04 (-3.1, 3.2) 0.94

Social Function
    Baseline 81.7 ± 21.4a 72.2 ± 22.3a 71.4 ± 26.5a 93.3 ± 12.7
    6 months 82.3 ± 17.2 80.0 ± 23.7c 90.6 ± 24.2
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 1.9 (-8.8,12.8) 3.0 (-9.1, 15.1) 15.0 (6.8, 23.3) 0.10

Physical Component summary score (PCS)
    Baseline 48.8 ± 10.0a 45.3 ± 11.3a 45.1 ± 8.4a 56.2 (3.0)
    6 months 48.4 ± 7.4c,d 49.6 ± 9.1c,d 53.8 ± 3.9
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 1.0 (-2.5,4.5) 5.3 (1.0, 9.5) 7.1 (4.4, 9.8) 0.03

Mental Component summary score (MCS)
    Baseline 51.1 ± 9.1 48.1 ± 14.6 47.4 ± 10.2 52.5 (7.0)
    6 months 51.7 ± 9.6 48.9 ± 12.6 50.6 ± 9.5
adjusted mean change* (95% CI) 0.8 (-3.6, 5.3) -0.9 (-6.3, 4.3) 1.6 (-1.8, 5.0) 0.77

Unless otherwise indicated, values are given as mean (standard deviation).

Abbreviations:

CHD-CHD, remaining on conventional hemodialysis therapy; CHD-DHD, conventional hemodialysis to daily hemodialysis therapy; transplant, received kidney transplant

*

adjusted mean change for baseline values (95% confidence intervals)

a

p<0.01 compared to donors at visit 1

b

p<0.01 compared to transplant at visit 1

c

p<0.01 compared to donors at visit 2

d

p<.01 compared to transplant at visit 2