Table 3.

HRQoL measures for the general population in Sweden and HRQoL measures for the total study population at baseline and follow-up

Instrument	n	General populationa (40-49 years)	Baseline (SD)	Follow-up (SD)	Diff.	p-value	Cohne's db
The total study population
EQ-5D single index	53	0.86	0.441 (0.363)	0.491 (0.339)	0.050	0.234	0.162
EQ-VAS	53	87	55.15 (21.125)	62.62 (19.450)	7.472	0.007*	0.384
SF-6D	52	0.79	0.639 (0.126)	0.650 (0.126)	0.011	0.441	0.111

^*Statistically significant at a p-value level of 0.05 ^aGeneral population: index n=588 [22], VAS n=556 [22], SF-6D n=22 166 [23]. ^bCohen's d values: Small=0.2-0.5; Medium=0.5-0.8; Large>0.8