Table 1.
SF-36 score mean and distribution based on 15,615 subjects (7,669 men and 7,946 women)
| Normative valuesa | Percentile value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 5 % | 10 % | 25 % | Median | 75 % | 90 % | 95 % | ||
| Men | |||||||||
| Physical Component Summary (PCS) | 50.6 | 50.5 | 31.9 | 38.2 | 47.9 | 53.0 | 56.1 | 57.6 | 58.3 |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 90 | 92 | 60 | 75 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Role physical (RP) | 85 | 87 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Bodily pain (BP) | 77 | 75 | 31 | 41 | 52 | 84 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| General health (GH) | 77 | 76 | 40 | 50 | 67 | 77 | 90 | 97 | 100 |
| Mental Component Summary (MCS) | 50.0 | 51.9 | 34.8 | 42.2 | 49.9 | 54.2 | 56.6 | 58.6 | 59.3 |
| Vitality (VT) | 71 | 69 | 30 | 40 | 55 | 75 | 85 | 95 | 100 |
| Social functioning (SF) | 90 | 93 | 63 | 75 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Role emotional (RE) | 87 | 92 | 33 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Mental health (MH) | 82 | 85 | 56 | 64 | 80 | 88 | 92 | 100 | 100 |
| Women | |||||||||
| Physical Component Summary (PCS) | 49.5 | 48.5 | 27.9 | 33.4 | 43.6 | 51.4 | 55.8 | 57.8 | 58.7 |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 86 | 88 | 50 | 65 | 80 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Role physical (RP) | 82 | 82 | 0 | 25 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Bodily pain (BP) | 73 | 69 | 22 | 32 | 44 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| General health (GH) | 75 | 73 | 35 | 40 | 60 | 77 | 88 | 97 | 100 |
| Mental Component Summary (MCS) | 49.1 | 50.1 | 28.8 | 36.1 | 47.2 | 53.2 | 56.1 | 58.4 | 59.6 |
| Vitality (VT) | 67 | 63 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 65 | 80 | 90 | 92 |
| Social functioning (SF) | 88 | 88 | 50 | 63 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Role emotional (RE) | 84 | 88 | 0 | 33 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Mental health (MH) | 80 | 81 | 52 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 100 |