Table 6.

Summary of the SF-8 in the Intention-to-Treat Population

	Group	Baseline	Week 24	P value
Number of participants	M	134	128
	P	134	125
SF-8 (PCS)	M	61.97 (7.63)	62.90 (8.16)	0.263
	P	62.31 (7.15)	62.41 (8.17)
SF-8 (MCS)	M	51.90 (5.12)	50.92 (5.32)	0.233
	P	52.01 (4.75)	50.48 (5.59)

Notes: Data represent numbers or means (with standard deviations). P values were derived by the analysis of covariance (the scores at week 24 were adjusted for the baseline score).

Abbreviations: SF-8, Short Form-8; M, Met-Lys-Pro; P, placebo; PCS, Physical Component Summary; MCS, Mental Component Summary.