Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of each domain of the SF-36 among Chinese adults according to arthritis status (mean, SD).
| Domains | All Participants | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthritis (n = 165) | Non-Arthritis (n = 1059) | p-Value | Arthritis | Non-Arthritis | p-Value | Arthritis | Non-Arthritis | p-Value | |
| Physical functioning | 79.2 (21.1) | 88.5 (15.3) | <0.001 | 81.1 (21.7) | 89.5 (15.3) | 0.001 | 77.0 (20.4) | 86.6 (15.9) | <0.001 |
| Role-physical | 76.4 (19.1) | 86.0 (17.4) | <0.001 | 75.5 (19.0) | 86.3 (17.3) | <0.001 | 77.3 (19.3) | 85.0 (18.2) | 0.001 |
| Bodily pain | 69.7 (18.7) | 82.9 (17.2) | <0.001 | 70.3 (17.5) | 84.0 (16.6) | <0.001 | 69.0 (19.9) | 81.4 (17.8) | <0.001 |
| General health | 55.9 (15.1) | 62.3 (14.4) | <0.001 | 57.3 (13.2) | 62.8 (14.0) | 0.001 | 54.1 (16.7) | 61.6 (14.8) | <0.001 |
| Vitality | 59.9 (15.5) | 66.1 (15.3) | <0.001 | 60.3 (14.6) | 66.6 (15.1) | <0.001 | 59.5 (16.4) | 65.4 (15.6) | 0.002 |
| Social functioning | 76.5 (18.6) | 85.4 (16.2) | <0.001 | 72.2 (16.2) | 85.2 (16.2) | <0.001 | 79.5 (18.5) | 84.9 (16.9) | 0.010 |
| Role-emotional | 78.6 (18.3) | 85.5 (16.5) | <0.001 | 76.9 (18.1) | 85.8 (16.9) | <0.001 | 80.5 (18.4) | 84.1 (17.6) | 0.097 |
| Mental health | 63.1 (10.9) | 67.4 (10.8) | <0.001 | 62.3 (10.5) | 68.1 (10.6) | <0.001 | 63.6 (11.8) | 66.4 (11.2) | 0.041 |