Table 3.

Comparisons of mean EQ-5D index values and EQ VAS between patients versus Danish population and patients versus buddy controls

	Patients			Danish population*			Buddy controls
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Total
EQ-5D index
Mean (SD)	0.85 (0.21)	0.75 (0.23)	0.80 (0.22)	0.87	0.84	0.86	0.91 (0.16)
p Value				0.13†	<0.005†	<0.005†	<0.005‡
EQ VAS
Mean (SD)	71 (20)	62 (22)	67 (21)	81	80	81	80 (19)
p Value				<0.005†	<0.005†	<0.005†	<0.005‡

*Age-adjusted and sex-adjusted values.

†One sample t-test with the age-adjusted and sex-adjusted value as test value (two-sided).

‡Mann-Whitney U test (two-sided).

EQ-5D, EuroQol five-dimension; EQ VAS, EuroQol visual analogue scale.