. 2015 Nov 16;13:183. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0380-8

Table 2.

Differences in health-related quality of life by socio-demographic and clinical characteristics (N = 629)

		Physical functioning			Role limitations due to physical health			Role limitations due to emotional problems			Vitality
		Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P
Gender	Female	57.0	23.7	0.019	36.5	37.1	0.630	39.1	41.7	0.423	49.0	20.0	0.060
Gender	Male	52.3	22.5		35.0	34.5		41.8	38.5		46.0	17.4
Older age	No	55.5	23.4	0.472	36.1	35.4	0.767	39.0	39.2	0.218	48.0	18.8	0.484
	Yes	53.5	22.7		34.9	39.1		45.1	46.1		46.6	20.2
University	No	53.3	22.9	0.004	32.9	34.9	0.002*	38.1	39.7	0.020	45.9	18.3	0.001*
University	Yes	59.5	23.5		43.8	37.7		47.1	42.1		53.2	19.4
Married	No	56.0	23.6	0.401	38.4	34.8	0.078	42.3	39.1	0.183	49.1	18.2	0.061
Married	Yes	54.3	23.1		33.1	37.6		37.8	42.2		46.1	19.9
Employed	No	53.4	22.5	0.002*	35.7	36.0	0.379	39.6	39.9	0.283	45.6	18.6	0.001*
Employed	Yes	60.1	23.3		38.7	37.6		43.8	41.8		52.1	19.6
Obese	No	56.3	23.9	0.086	37.6	36.8	0.309	42.2	40.3	0.766	48.2	19.5	0.188
Obese	Yes	49.7	23.4		31.5	34.9		40.3	42.8		44.2	15.6
Fever	No	55.9	23.8	0.555	44.6	36.5	0.001*	46.5	41.8	0.002*	53.7	19.2	0.001*
Fever	Yes	54.7	23.1		30.0	34.8		35.8	39.2		43.9	17.9
Skin redness	No	57.5	22.6	0.001*	40.3	36.4	0.001*	42.7	40.6	0.040	50.3	19.3	0.001*
Skin redness	Yes	50.5	23.6		27.1	34.1		35.3	40.3		42.9	17.5
Swelling	No	59.2	22.9	0.001*	41.0	36.9	0.001*	44.8	41.5	0.002*	52.1	20.0	0.001*
Swelling	Yes	51.2	22.9		29.7	34.1		34.7	39.0		42.9	16.9
History of blood transfusion	No	61.7	25.1	0.003*	47.9	37.1	0.001*	50.2	41.5	0.007	53.3	21.1	0.002*
History of blood transfusion	Yes	53.7	22.8		33.6	35.4		37.9	40.0		46.6	18.5
Family history of anemia	No	53.3	19.6	0.547	38.5	37.5	0.623	44.2	41.1	0.480	51.7	17.5	0.102
Family history of anemia	Yes	55.4	23.5		35.9	36.1		40.1	40.5		47.2	19.1
Family support	No	57.7	21.3	0.424	35.9	40.0	0.983	45.2	47.2	0.469	46.7	22.2	0.659
Family support	Yes	54.8	23.6		35.8	35.9		39.9	40.0		48.0	18.7
Other Chronic disease	No	56.0	23.2	0.032	37.6	36.2	0.034	41.4	40.7	0.242	49.0	19.3	0.002*
Other Chronic disease	Yes	50.4	22.7		29.1	34.6		36.1	39.3		42.4	17.2
Regular exercise	No	54.1	22.6	0.134	34.8	36.4	0.261	40.3	41.0	0.694	44.7	18.6	0.001*
Regular exercise	Yes	57.3	24.6		38.3	35.1		38.9	39.4		53.5	18.5
Spleen removed	No	55.1	23.0	0.877	34.7	35.5	0.088	39.5	40.5	0.451	47.7	19.1	0.931
Spleen removed	Yes	54.7	24.9		41.3	38.3		42.8	40.8		47.9	18.8

*The factor is significant using Bonferroni correction cut-off at α/n = 0.05/15 = 0.003