Table 4.
Age-adjusted SF-12 mean scores (95% CI) by sex and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in never smokers (complete case analysis)
| Male (n=1161) |
Female (n=2611) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not exposed | Exposed | p Value* | Not exposed | Exposed | p Value* | |
| PF† | 93.1 (91.1 to 95.1) | 93.8 (92.7 to 95.0) | 0.52 | 88.8 (87.2 to 90.4) | 87.7 (86.7 to 88.6) | 0.22 |
| RP‡ | 89.3 (86.8 to 91.7) | 88.5 (87.1 to 89.8) | 0.56 | 83.9 (82.1 to 85.8) | 81.2 (80.0 to 82.4) | 0.013 |
| BP | 89.4 (86.7 to 92.0) | 84.8 (83.2 to 86.4) | 0.005 | 80.4 (78.2 to 82.5) | 77.3 (76.0 to 78.5) | 0.020 |
| GH | 53.0 (49.3 to 56.7) | 50.7 (48.7 to 52.7) | 0.29 | 46.2 (43.9 to 48.5) | 43.0 (41.7 to 44.4) | 0.024 |
| VT | 68.7 (65.3 to 72.1) | 68.5 (66.7 to 70.2) | 0.91 | 67.5 (65.3 to 69.6) | 63.7 (62.4 to 65.0) | 0.004 |
| SF | 88.5 (85.8 to 91.2) | 88.0 (86.5 to 89.4) | 0.74 | 87.5 (85.8 to 89.2) | 84.6 (83.5 to 85.7) | 0.005 |
| RE§ | 87.0 (84.7 to 89.2) | 84.0 (82.6 to 85.3) | 0.026 | 82.8 (81.1 to 84.4) | 80.0 (79.0 to 81.0) | 0.006 |
| MH¶ | 77.2 (74.8 to 79.5) | 75.2 (73.9 to 76.5) | 0.15 | 76.1 (74.7 to 77.5) | 73.6 (72.7 to 74.5) | 0.004 |
| PCS12 | 51.1 (50.2 to 52.0) | 50.7 (50.3 to 51.2) | 0.46 | 48.3 (47.7 to 49.0) | 47.6 (47.2 to 48.0) | 0.046 |
| MCS12 | 52.0 (50.9 to 53.1) | 51.1 (50.5 to 51.7) | 0.16 | 51.7 (51.0 to 52.4) | 50.3 (49.8 to 50.7) | 0.001 |
Results were weighted by age and sex from census data.
*p Value comparing respondents with and without SHS exposure; significance was tested by linear regression.
†Four missing in female.
‡Two missing in male, Four missing in female.
§Four missing in female.
¶One missing in female.
BP, Bodily Pain; GH, General Health; MH, Mental Health; PF, Physical Functioning;, RE, Role Emotional; RP, Role Physical; SF, Social Functioning; VT, Vitality.