Table 4.

SF-36 health-related quality of life normalised component scores (mean ± SD) according to covariates and participation in a student loan programme in 180 students from a private medical school in Salvador, Brazil, in 2013

Covariates		N	PCS		P	MCS		P
			Loan programme			Loan programme
			No	Yes		No	Yes
Age, years	17–22	93	50.7 ± 6.8	48.8 ± 7.3	0.202	43.4 ± 11.5	40.9 ± 10.7	0.279
	23–33	87	52.9 ± 6.3	49.5 ± 6.5	0.015	44.3 ± 11.9	39.4 ± 12.3	0.066
Gender	F	105	50.9 ± 6.9	48.1 ± 7.3	0.048	42.7 ± 11.5	38.6 ± 11.5	0.075
	M	75	53.4 ± 5.8	50.5 ± 6.3	0.045	45.7 ± 11.8	42.1 ± 11.2	0.181
Sleepiness	No	87	53.7 ± 6.0	50.1 ± 6.7	0.009	44.1 ± 11.9	42.1 ± 11.9	0.009
	Yes	93	50.0 ± 6.8	48.3 ± 7.2	0.267	43.5 ± 11.5	38.5 ± 10.9	0.031
Headache	No	84	53.2 ± 5.9	51.1 ± 6.2	0.126	45.0 ± 11.2	43.0 ± 10.1	0.397
	Yes	96	50.3 ± 7.1	47.8 ± 7.2	0.095	42.5 ± 12.1	38.3 ± 12.0	0.092
Physical activity	No	73	50.6 ± 7.3	48.9 ± 7.0	0.350	41.8 ± 13.6	38.0 ± 11.0	0.193
	Yes	107	52.4 ± 6.2	49.3 ± 6.9	0.019	44.8 ± 10.6	42.3 ± 11.5	0.243
Rented house	No	142	51.9 ± 6.4	48.9 ± 7.6	0.011	43.5 ± 12.1	41.3 ± 11.5	0.268
	Yes	38	50.9 ± 8.4	49.7 ± 5.4	0.694	46.4 ± 6.8	37.7 ± 11.1	0.026
Lives with family	No	48	52.7 ± 6.1	49.5 ± 5.3	0.062	41.9 ± 10.5	39.3 ± 12.0	0.441
	Yes	132	51.5 ± 6.8	49.0 ± 7.6	0.042	44.4 ± 12.0	40.6 ± 11.2	0.066
Has a housemaid	No	74	51.4 ± 6.0	49.1 ± 6.6	0.168	43.4 ± 10.9	40.2 ± 11.9	0.291
	Yes	106	52.0 ± 6.9	49.2 ± 7.4	0.052	44.0 ± 12.0	40.2 ± 11.0	0.102
Has a car	No	59	54.2 ± 6.5	49.2 ± 7.4	0.012	42.3 ± 13.1	38.6 ± 10.2	0.235
	Yes	121	51.0 ± 6.5	49.1 ± 6.7	0.119	44.3 ± 11.2	41.2 ± 12.1	0.146

PCS Physical Component Score, MCS Mental Component Score