Table 2.

Association between SF-36 scores and the clinical variables in CP patients.

	Age (+)	Gender (female) (−)	Disease duration (−)	Disease relapses (−)	Pain (−)	Disease activity * (−)	Pain index (−)	BMI (+)	Diarrhoea (−)
Physical functioning	p=.024	p=.016	p=.579	p=.235	p=.023	p=.199	p=.000	p=.198	p=.199
Role-physical	p=.545	p=.588	p=.840	p=.023	p=.007	p=.167	p=.000	p=.022	p=.124
Role-emotional	p=.862	p=.508	p=.496	p=.012	p=.044	p=.566	p=.001	p=.004	p=.066
Vitality	p=.146	p=.946	p=.546	p=.211	p=.021	p=.887	p=.006	p=.219	p=.295
Mental health	p=.152	p=.332	p=.483	p=.145	p=. 056	p=.255	p=.012	p=.204	p=.489
Social functioning	p=.377	p=.676	p=.757	p=.025	p=.004	p=.331	p=.000	p=.022	p=.272
Bodily pain	p=.347	p=.781	p=.532	p=.014	p=.001	p=.206	p=.000	p=.004	p=.094
General health	p=.508	p=.500	p=.530	p=.024	p=.002	p=.837	p=.000	p=.035	p=.035

p<0.05 significant correlation in bold; (+) positive relationship; (−) negative relationship;

^*acc. to Cambridge classification.