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. 2012 Aug 22;5(4):346–354.

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients for the SF-36 MCS and PCS and other continuous variables among the 119 study patients

Variable MCS PCS

r p r p
Age -0.017 NS -0.442 <0.001
Albumin -0.055 NS 0.264 0.005
PTH -0.224 0.016 -0.002 NS
Mini-Mental Status Examination 0.411 <0.001 -0.289 0.002
Depression -0.547 <0.001 -0.463 <0.001
Anxiety -0.486 <0.001 -0.359 <0.001
Global PSQI -0.086 NS -0.228 0.014
Subjectivesleepquality -0.271 0.003 -0.208 0.025
Sleeplatency 0.062 NS 0.010 NS
Sleepduration 0.021 NS -0.016 NS
Sleepefficiency 0.073 NS 0.105 NS
Sleepdisturbance -0.200 0.032 -0.373 <0.001
Use of sleepmedications 0.006 NS -0.189 0.043
Daytimedysfunction -0.224 0.016 -0.274 0.003

r, correlationcoefficient; p, p-valueforthe correlation; MCS, SF-36 Mental Component Summary; PCS, SF-36 Physical Component Summary; PTH, Parathyroidhormone; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index