Table 3.

Health-related quality of life comparisons between women with hirsutism and the Swedish normal population

SF-36 subscales	Hirsutism mean (SD)	n	Normal population mean (SD)	n	p-value a	ES b
Physical Functioning	82.6 (21.5)	126	92.3 (14.3)	1113	<0.001	0.53
Role-Physical	66.5 (36.8)	124	81.1 (32.7)	1115	<0.001	0.42
Bodily Pain	67.4 (29.8)	126	74.1 (25.8)	1113	0.006	0.24
General Health	58.2 (24.2)	126	72.5 (22.4)	1105	<0.001	0.61
Vitality	41.2 (22.7)	126	54.5 (23.1)	1113	<0.001	0.58
Social Functioning	60.7 (32.8)	126	82.1 (23.4)	1114	<0.001	0.75
Role-Emotional	50.1 (43.4)	123	78.6 (35.1)	1111	<0.001	0.72
Mental Health	56.0 (24.2)	126	71.3 (20.1)	1111	<0.001	0.69
PCS	48.7 (11.0)	123	51.8 (9.0)	1105	<0.001	0.31
MCS	32.9 (14.8)	123	43.7 (12.4)	1105	<0.001	0.79

^aIndependent sample t-test.

^bCohen’s d effect size: 0.2 = small, 0.5 = medium, 0.8 = large.