Figure 1. Average SF-36 Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary scores in seven recent studies of long-term HRQOL in living liver donors^a.

HRQOL, health-related quality of life.

^aStandard deviation or standard error bars for these averages are not displayed because this information is not provided in all reports. In an additional report on a subset of donors from the Takada et al (40) report, Noma et al (30) found similarly high average HRQOL levels with another generic measure (World Health Organization QOL Assessment, Brief Version). ^bTogashi et al (39) and Ladner et al (41) do not report sample size by graft type donated; for Takada et al (40), there were 367 left lobe and 211 right lobe donors. For all remaining studies, see Table 3 for information on sample distribution by graft type donated. ^cNumber of donors with any SF-36 follow- up data between 3 months and 11 years postdonation. The number of donors with data specifically between 2 and 11 years postdonation is not reported. ^dResponse rate pertains to the 354 donors with any data postdonation. Response rate for individuals with data between 2 and 11 years postdonation is not reported. ^eBoth reports describe findings from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Transplantation Cohort study. Ladner et al (41) describe research conducted during the first period of funding; Dew et al (36) describe research conducted during the second period of funding.