Table 3.
Mean SF-36 scale scores (± SD) in 2015 by gender and age group, N = 2107
| Scales | Age groups | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–29 years | 30–39 years | 40–49 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | 70–79 years | Total | ||||||||
| W (n = 65–68) | M (n = 36) | W(n = 116–120) | M (n = 81) | W (n = 225–229) | M (n = 163–167) | W (n = 253–260) | M (n = 209–216) | W (n = 243–258) | M (n = 249–256) | W (n = 188–207) | M (n = 180–187) | W (n = 1091–1143) | M (n = 917–942) | |
| PF | 93.2 (± 14.7) | 97.6 (± 6.2) | 94.0 (± 10.2) | 94.8 (± 9.6) | 90.7 (± 16.8) | 92.8 (± 12.6) | 87.9 (± 16.1) | 90.0 (± 16.3) | 81.2 (± 22.1) | 85.7 (± 18.4) | 71.7 (± 27.0) | 80.5 (± 19.2) | 84.9 (± 21.0) | 88.2 (± 17.0) |
| RP | 78.3 (± 37.8) | 94.4 (± 18.0) | 87.9 (± 26.1) | 90.7 (± 24.5) | 77.6 (± 37.6) | 86.5 (± 29.6) | 73.4 (± 39.3) | 82.5 (± 32.7) | 71.2 (± 40.1) | 76.9 (± 36.2) | 57.3 (± 43.7) | 63.4 (± 41.8) | 72.7 (± 39.6) | 79.1 (± 35.3) |
| BP | 72.7 (± 27.2) | 83.5 (± 19.1) | 76.0 (± 23.0) | 78.8 (± 24.8) | 66.9 (± 27.5) | 71.8 (± 26.4) | 66.4 (± 25.5) | 72.4 (± 24.8) | 64.3 (± 26.9) | 71.6 (± 25.3) | 63.7 (± 26.7) | 68.1 (± 25.6) | 66.9 (± 26.5) | 72.2 (± 25.3) |
| GH | 74.8 (± 21.1) | 75.6 (± 21.2) | 75.2 (± 20.3) | 73.5 (± 20.2) | 75.0 (± 23.0) | 74.6 (± 22.0) | 72.8 (± 22.8) | 74.1 (± 20.9) | 70.7 (± 22.6) | 73.1 (± 21.8) | 69.6 (± 22.7) | 71.6 (± 18.2) | 72.6 (± 22.5) | 73.4 (± 20.8) |
| VT | 47.6 (± 19.6) | 58.3 (± 18.7) | 54.4 (± 19.1) | 57.8 (± 16.8) | 56.2 (± 19.5) | 59.0 (± 18.5) | 56.1 (± 20.8) | 62.2 (± 18.5) | 60.5 (± 20.9) | 63.8 (± 20.3) | 60.4 (± 21.0) | 63.9 (± 18.2) | 57.2 (± 20.6) | 61.9 (± 18.9) |
| SF | 80.8 (± 25.2) | 86.4 (± 18.7) | 84.9 (± 24.0) | 90.1 (± 19.2) | 85.2 (± 22.2) | 89.6 (± 20.8) | 85.1 (± 21.3) | 89.7 (± 19.1) | 87.6 (± 19.5) | 90.3 (± 18.4) | 86.5 (± 21.5) | 86.3 (± 19.3) | 85.7 (± 21.6) | 89.1 (± 19.3) |
| RE | 78.6 (± 33.6) | 79.6 (± 35.8) | 86.6 (± 29.7) | 92.5 (± 21.0) | 88.1 (± 28.8) | 93.7 (± 22.5) | 91.6 (± 22.0) | 91.6 (± 23.5) | 89.1 (± 27.7) | 89.8 (± 26.1) | 82.8 (± 32.8) | 84.2 (± 30.7) | 87.5 (± 28.5) | 89.6 (± 26.2) |
| MH | 74.5 (± 16.0) | 75.5 (± 15.5) | 75.8 (± 15.6) | 78.2 (± 13.2) | 78.6 (± 16.0) | 80.0 (± 12.7) | 80.2 (± 13.8) | 81.5 (± 13.6) | 82.1 (± 14.0) | 83.8 (± 14.3) | 82.5 (± 13.8) | 84.1 (± 13.4) | 79.9 (± 14.8) | 81.9 (± 13.8) |
PF physical functioning, RP role physical, BP bodily pain, GH general health, VT vitality, SF social functioning, RE role emotional, MH mental health. W women, M men