Table 4.
The estimated means of HRQOL between normal, overweight and obese pre-diabetes patients adjusted for age, income, number of co-morbidities and physical activity
|
SF-36 |
BMI |
Adjusted mean (SE) |
Between groups differences |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI | M diff | SE | p-value a | 95% CI | |||
| PCS |
Normal |
88.42 (2.97) |
Normal vs Overweight |
1.70 |
3.37 |
1.000 |
−6.43, 9.83 |
| |
Overweight |
86.72 (1.68) |
Normal vs Obese |
9.84 |
3.14 |
0.006* |
2.28, 17.40 |
| |
Obese |
78.57 (0.93) |
Overweight vs Obese |
8.14 |
1.93 |
<0.001* |
3.46, 12.80 |
| MCS |
Normal |
85.58 (2.71) |
Normal vs Overweight |
0.14 |
3.08 |
1.000 |
−7.57, 7.29 |
| |
Overweight |
85.44 (1.54) |
Normal vs Obese |
2.38 |
2.86 |
1.000 |
−4.53, 9.29 |
| Obese | 83.19 (0.85) | Overweight vs Obese | 2.24 | 1.77 | 0.621 | −2.03, 6.51 | |
Note: Data were analyzed using MANCOVA test. aMultiple comparisons using Bonferroni test. *The mean difference is significant at p<0.025 level. PCS = Physical Component Summary, MCS= Mental Component Summary, Mdiff = Mean difference and SE= Standard Error, CI= Confidence Interval.