Table 2.

Different domains of SF-36 obtained from 170 patients with CKD considering gender adjusted by age

	Gender#
Domains SF-36	Female	Male	Total	P*
	N = 87	N = 83	N = 170
Functional capacity	49.08 (± 28.34)	57.10 (± 26.12)	52.99 (± 27.49)	0.018
Physical aspects	38.89 (± 37.28)	51.20 (± 38.23)	44.90 (± 38.14)	0.040
Pain	55.51 (± 27.55)	65.77 (± 28.28)	60.52 (± 28.30)	0.025
General health	54.08 (± 25.87)	54.80 (± 26.13)	54.43 (± 25.92)	0.923
Vitality	53.68 (± 24.16)	60.12 (± 21.89)	56.82 (± 23.24)	0.090
Social aspects	74.89 (± 27.68)	77.14 (± 27.93)	75.99 (± 27.75)	0.935
Emotional aspects	50.58 (± 43.12)	54.71 (± 38.01)	52.60 (± 40.64)	0.552
Mental health	60.25 (± 23.61)	69.54 (± 22.15)	64.79 (± 23.31)	0.017

#P = 0.016 (Wilks’ Lambda)

*Mancova