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. 2012 Aug 12;2012:297641. doi: 10.1155/2012/297641

Table 2.

Mean (SD) SF-36 domain and summary scores among MDS patients according to prior ICT history.

Baseline mean (SD) EOS mean (SD)
Reference MDS population
(n = 50): mean (SD)
Age-matched UK norms: mean (SD) Prior ICT (N = 59–62) ICT Naïve (N = 34-35) Prior ICT (N = 38–40) ICT Naïve (N = 32–35)
Physical functioning 48.1 77.42 53.60 44.56 47.43 48.79
(30.6) (25.38) (21.35) (17.94) (24.39) (23.29)
Role-physical 39.2 78.16 36.39 26.43 30.21 29.66
(42.5) (28.11) (39.21) (36.85) (40.90) (35.60)
Bodily pain 66.6 71.52 65.61 64.69 63.23 59.77
(31.2) (26.46) (27.43) (27.16) (28.53) (31.85)
General health 41.5 66.24 42.70 40.72 37.78 41.55
(21.3) (22.57) (18.94) (20.00) (20.01) (15.92)
Vitality 50.6 57.79 43.25 37.35 42.89 40.20
(25.3) (21.28) (19.02) (15.92) (24.10) (16.81)
Social functioning 67.0 81.08 68.55 71.07 62.18 63.21
(29.6) (26.14) (29.75) (23.24) (25.57) (21.21)
Role-emotional 59.0 84.11 57.18 61.90 41.23 51.96
(41.4) (24.41) (44.05) (41.34) (43.45) (45.83)
Mental health 72.3 73.84 66.78 69.06 60.07 64.47
(20.9) (19.35) (22.34) (18.54) (22.85) (23.01)
Physical component summary 35.7 44.47 36.97 33.10 36.21 35.11
(11.7) (12.32) (8.48) (8.31) (8.70) (10.80)
Mental component summary 48.9 52.28 46.32 48.49 42.14 45.27
(12.6) (9.89) (12.02) (10.04) (11.61) (11.97)

Transfusion-dependent MDS patient reference data reported by Jansen et al. [17]; UK norms from Jenkinson et al. [42] and direct email communications from Dr. Jenkinson on Oct 24, 2011 with age-specific norms.