Table 5. Mean SF-36 scale scores.
Age-adjusted Normative Data from the Norwegian Population compared with patients with UC on inclusion.
| Normative data | Ulcerative colitis | P Normative data vs UC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (n = 977–1017) | F (n = 1013–67) | M (n = 25) | F (n = 25) | M | F | |
| PF | 91.4 (16.2) | 87.7 (17.5) | 85.8 (17.5) | 85.6 (14.9) | 0.09 | 0.55 |
| RP | 83.3 (32.0) | 79.2 (35.0) | 59.0 (41.4) | 49.0 (40.5) | 0.0002 | <0.0001 |
| BP | 78.1 (24.6) | 74.5 (26.0) | 59.3 (26.0) | 57.2 (23.0) | 0.0002 | 0.0011 |
| GH | 78.3 (21.0) | 77.5 (22.1) | 51.6 (21.3) | 54.4 (24.9) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| VT | 63.4 (18.2) | 57.6 (21.0) | 39.0 (18.6) | 38.1 (19.7) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| SF | 88.2 (20.5) | 84.8 (22.8) | 67.5 (27.2) | 66.0 (20.6) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| RE | 85.9 (28.5) | 80.9 (33.1) | 66.7 (41.9) | 62.7 (43.4) | 0.0010 | 0.0070 |
| MH | 79.7 (15.8) | 77.6 (16.9) | 63.5 (17.2) | 68.6 (13.6) | <0.0001 | 0.0082 |
Age-adjusted normative data from the general Norwegian population, age 19–69.
Values are given as mean and standard deviation (SD). Paired sampled t-test for the p-values.
SF-36; Short form 36, PF; physical functioning, RP; role limitations, physical, BP; bodily pain, GH; general heath perception, VT; Vitality, SF; social functioning, RE; role limitations, emotional, MH; mental health.