. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 2.

Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2010 Apr 22;31(1):10–20. doi: 10.1038/jp.2010.54

Table 2.

Mean health related quality of life scores for women with NVP vs women with HG for each of the domains of the medical outcomes study short form (SF36)

Domain	Score for Asymptomatic group (N=8) median and range	Score for NVP group (N=34) median and range	Score for HG group (N=19) median and range
Physical function	41.2, 25.5–50.7^a	36.0, 14.9–50.7^a	3.9, 19.2–50.7^a
Role physical^b	53.2, 27.5–56.9	34.8, 17.7–56.9^a,^c	29.9, 17.1–56.9^a,^c
Bodily pain^b	60.0, 51.1–62.1^a	41.8, 24.9–62.1^c	37.4, 24.9–62.1^c
General health^b	52.9, 48.2–63.9	45.3, 281.–61.5^c	43.4, 25.8–60.1^c
Vitality^b	55.2, 36.5–70.8	36.5, 20.9–64.6^a,^c	39.6, 20.9–64.6^a,^c
Social function^b	48.7, 24.1–56.9	35.0, 13.2–56.8^a,^c	29.6, 13.2–56.8^a,^c
Role emotional	32.6, 21.7–46.5^a	32.6, 9.2–46.5^a	27.9, 15.5–46.5^a
Mental health	48.6, 30.3–61.3	37.3, 16.2–64.1^a	41.6, 24.7–64.1
Physical summary^b	49.9, 47.7–67.9	42.0, 27.6–52.0^a,^c	35.8, 24.3–55.2^a,^c
Mental summary	45.4, 23.2–58.4	38.2, 14.6–57.2^a	36.6, 19.3–62.1^a

Abbreviations: HG, hyperemesis gravidarum; NVP, nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.

No statistically significant differences were found in the comparison between the NVP and HG groups.

Indicates that the P-value for a Mann–Whitney test comparing the indicated group with norms for US females (N=4032) was <0.05.

Indicates that the P-value for a Kruskal–Wallis test comparing all three groups was <0.05.

Indicates that the P-value for a Mann–Whitney test comparing the indicated group with the Asymptomatic group was <0.05.