Table 4.
Health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes and macrovascular complications
| SF-36 dimensions (adjusted for age) | Macrovascular complications
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| Cardiovascular disease
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Peripheral arterial disease
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| No Mean (SD) | Yes Mean (SD) | P-value | No Mean (SD) | Yes Mean (SD) | P-value | |
| Physical functioning | 8.9 (35.1) | −10.0 (25.4) | 0.003 | 5.5 (33.7) | −11.7 (25.3) | 0.006 |
| Role-physical | 11.5 (48.4) | −13.0 (38.7) | 0.006 | 8.3 (48.1) | −17.7 (34.1) | 0.003 |
| Bodily pain | 3.6 (36.4) | −4.0 (26.9) | 0.235 | 1.6 (35.1) | −3.5 (25.7) | 0.412 |
| General health | 5.7 (16.8) | −6.5 (17.0) | <0.001 | 2.5 (17.8) | −5.3 (17.1) | 0.040 |
| Vitality | 5.2 (26.5) | −5.8 (24.4) | 0.034 | 1.7 (25.8) | −3.6 (26.5) | 0.343 |
| Social functioning | 6.2 (24.7) | −6.9 (27.6) | 0.014 | 2.7 (26.3) | −5.7 (27.3) | 0.147 |
| Role-emotional | 9.3 (47.7) | −10.4 (49.2) | 0.045 | 1.7 (49.2) | −3.6 (49.7) | 0.622 |
| Mental health | 5.8 (25.1) | −6.5 (22.4) | 0.012 | 3.0 (25.6) | −6.3 (21.1) | 0.078 |
Abbreviations: SF-36, Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; SD, standard deviation.