. 2019 Nov 26;404(7):807–814. doi: 10.1007/s00423-019-01844-4

Table 2.

SF-36 scores before and at 1 year after adrenalectomy (p value^c) and compared with the general Swedish population (p value^b). Mean and standard deviations are shown

	General population* n = 8930	Preoperative n = 50	p value^b	Postoperative n = 50	p value^b	p value^c
Physical functioning	87.9 ± 19.6	64.0 ± 28.9	< 0.001^a	72.4 ± 28.8	< 0.001^a	0.004^a
Role-physical	83.2 ± 31.8	46.9 ± 46.1	< 0.001^a	65.3 ± 43.5	< 0.001^a	0.002^a
Bodily pain	74.8 ± 26.1	63.1 ± 30.7	0.002^a	69.0 ± 31.5	0.118	0.150
General health	75.8 ± 22.2	56.0 ± 26.0	< 0.001^a	62.2 ± 26.5	< 0.001^a	0.015^a
Vitality	68.8 ± 22.8	46.6 ± 30.2	< 0.001^a	57.9 ± 27.7	< 0.001^a	0.002^a
Social functioning	88.6 ± 20.3	66.3 ± 31.2	< 0.001^a	78.0 ± 32.4	< 0.001^a	0.017^a
Role-emotional	85.7 ± 29.2	49.3 ± 45.6	< 0.001^a	66.0 ± 45.3	< 0.001^a	0.015^a
Mental health	80.9 ± 18.9	63.0 ± 28.2	< 0.001^a	74.9 ± 23.0	0.025^a	< 0.001^a
Physical Component Summary		41.2 ± 13.2		44.0 ± 13.2		0.050
Mental Component Summary		39.3 ± 16.1		45.8 ± 13.9		0.001^a

*Normative values from the general Swedish population published in the Swedish manual and interpretation guide of SF 36[20]

^aClinically significant differences ≥ 5 points [29]

^bp value assessed with independent samples t test

^cp value assessed with paired samples t test