Table 4.
SF-36 mental health scale scores and 95% confidence intervals.*
| Vitality† | Social Functioning† | Role Emotional† | Mental Health† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (95% CI) | N | Mean (95% CI) | N | Mean (95% CI) | N | Mean (95% CI) | |
| No history of cancer | 485,005 | 49.4(49.3–49.4) | 485,525 | 48.0(48.0–48.0) | 481,275 | 45.2(45.2–45.3) | 485,190 | 51.4(51.4–51.4) |
| Bladder | 1,289 | 48.1(47.5,48.7) | 1,289 | 46.3(45.6,46.9) | 1,276 | 44.2(43.2,45.2) | 1,289 | 50.6(50.0,51.1) |
| Melanoma | 1,152 | 49.6(49.0,50.2) | 1,153 | 47.6(47.0,48.3) | 1,147 | 45.7(44.8,46.7) | 1,153 | 51.8(51.3,52.3) |
| Uterus | 1,023 | 48.3(47.6,49.0) | 1,025 | 46.9(46.2,47.7) | 1,019 | 44.8(43.6,46.0) | 1,023 | 51.7(51.1,52.3) |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 598 | 46.4(45.6,47.2) | 600 | 45.0(44.1,45.9) | 591 | 42.5(41.1,44.0) | 599 | 49.9(49.1,50.7) |
| Kidney | 435 | 47.2(46.2,48.2) | 435 | 45.8(44.7,46.9) | 432 | 42.5(40.8,44.2) | 435 | 51.2(50.2,52.1) |
| Cervix | 332 | 48.7(46.9,49.2) | 331 | 46.8 (45.5,48.0) | 331 | 43.8 (41.7,45.9) | 332 | 50.4 (49.3,51.6) |
| Oral cavity & Pharynx | 381 | 47.2(46.2,48.3) | 380 | 45.6 (44.5,46.8) | 372 | 44.3 (42.6,46.0) | 381 | 50.1 (49.1,51.0) |
| Thyroid | 180 | 48.5(47.1,50.0) | 181 | 46.5 (45.0,47.9) | 179 | 44.0 (41.6,46.4) | 180 | 52.2 (50.9,53.6) |
| Ovary | 206 | 45.7(44.2,47.3) | 206 | 43.5 (41.9,45.1) | 201 | 43.2 (40.7,45.6) | 206 | 50.2 (48.9,51.6) |
| Upper Gastro-intestinal | 190 | 46.1(44.6,47.6) | 190 | 43.4 (41.6,45.2) | 188 | 39.7 (36.9,42.5) | 190 | 48.7 (47.1,50.3) |
| Chronic Leukemia | 186 | 46.3(44.8,47.9) | 186 | 44.9(43.3,46.5) | 184 | 44.6(42.0,47.2) | 186 | 50.8(49.4,52.2) |
| Multiple Myeloma | 110 | 42.5(40.7,44.4) | 110 | 41.1(38.8,43.4) | 110 | 37.3(33.7,41.0) | 110 | 49.5(47.5,51.5) |
| Pancreas | 65 | 45.3(42.7,47.9) | 65 | 41.4(38.4,44.5) | 65 | 40.3(35.5,45.2) | 65 | 50.4(47.7,53.0) |
*
Scores are adjusted for 
, whether cancer patient had a multiple cancers (yes/no), continuous age at first cancer diagnosis or first survey if no cancer, 12 chronic medical conditions, education, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, income, whether or not a proxy completed the survey, cohort 1 vs. others, and mode of administration (mail or telephone).
†
Bolded scores represent a minimally important difference (3.0+) between the mean subscale score for cancer survivors vs. individuals without cancer.