Table 4.
Quality of life (QOL) measures
| Total (n=2458) |
Female (n=1931) |
Male (n=527) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact of Weight Quality Of Life (IWQOL)-Lite | ||||
| Totala | 46.8(33.9,61.3) | 46.0(33.1,59.7) | 51.6(37.1,66.1) | <.0001* |
| Workb | 62.5(43.8,81.3) | 62.5(43.8,81.3) | 68.8(43.8,81.3) | 0.01* |
| Physical functioningc | 40.9(25.0,59.1) | 40.9(25.0,56.8) | 43.2(27.3,61.4) | 0.054* |
| Public distressd | 55.0(30.0,75.0) | 55.0(30.0,75.0) | 55.0(30.0,75.0) | 0.17* |
| Sexual lifee | 56.3(25.0,75.0) | 50.0(25.0,75.0) | 62.5(31.3,87.5) | <.0001* |
| Self-esteemf | 39.3(21.4,60.7) | 35.7(17.9,57.1) | 50.0(32.1,75.0) | <.0001* |
| Short Form 36-item health survey (SF-36) | ||||
| Aggregate Mental Healthg | 51.6(42.8,57.1) | 51.4(42.6,57.1) | 51.9(44.0,57.3) | 0.26* |
| Aggregate Physical Healthg | 36.5(27.8,45.0) | 36.3(27.5,45.1) | 37.1(29.1,44.7) | 0.18* |
| Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)h, n(%) | ||||
| Not depressed (0-9) | 1616(68.7) | 1252(67.7) | 364(72.4) | 0.07** |
| Mild-moderate (10-18) | 572(24.3) | 463(25.0) | 109(21.7) | |
| Moderate-severe (19-29) | 142(6.0) | 117(6.3) | 25(5.0) | |
| Severe (30-63) | 22(0.9) | 17(0.9) | 5(1.0) |
Median (quartiles) presented unless otherwise indicated.
*
Wilcoxon Rank-sum test
**
Cochran-Armitage test for trend.
a
210 missing
b
291 missing
c
198 missing
d
203 missing
e
297 missing
f
199 missing
g
229 missing
h
106 missing