Table 1.

The characteristics of the SF36 questioner studies included in the analysis

Authors	Year	Type of study	SS&	Surgery		QOL* (Mean ± SD)									NOS** Score
				FTMa	MTFb	D1c	D2 d	D3 e	D4 f	D5 g	D6h	D7 i	D8 j	Total QOL
Gorin-Lazard, A. et al. [44]	2012	Cross sectional	31	*		89.4 ± 15.7	76.3 ± 27.3	76.7 ± 34.7	81.1 ± 31.2	70.0 ± 17.3	62.7 ± 16.5	75.9 ± 20.1	79.6 ± 14.5	78.15 ± 18.7	7
Gorin-Lazard, A. et al. [44]	2012	Cross sectional	30		*	92.7 ± 9.0	82.7 ± 20.6	84.7 ± 25.6	77.4 ± 33.8	73.0 ± 17.7	63.4 ± 19.0	74.0 ± 18.1	77.1 ± 17.5	75.55 ± 18.55	7
Newfield, E. et al. [16]	2006	Cross sectional	376	*		51.79 ± 7.6	43.14 ± 10.9	50.59 ± 8.8	42.42 ± 11.6	42.12 ± 10.2	46.22 ± 9.9	49.73 ± 9.9	47.76 ± 10.5	46.99 ± 10.05	7
Vasegh Rahimparvar, F. et al. [17]	2013	Cross sectional	46	*		81.9 ± 16.1	70.11 ± 27.3	65.22 ± 37.1	64.49 ± 38.7	67.22 ± 16.2	63.91 ± 17.7	80.65 ± 23.8	67.17 ± 22.4	66.19 ± 23.10	6
Motmans, J. et al. [15]	2012	Cross sectional	49		*	83.78 ± 18.58	80.10 ± 23.37	76.53 ± 38.33	82.31 ± 34.09	71.51 ± 16.40	60.61 ± 18.16	76.43 ± 22.55	65.51 ± 21.71	76.48 ± 22.10	6
Motmans, J. et al. [15]	2012	Cross sectional	54	*		78.70 ± 25.94	79.63 ± 19.62	72.69 ± 40.71	75.31 ± 36.74	69.26 ± 20.78	60.93 ± 20.58	78.42 ± 28.42	67.50 ± 21.50	74.00 ± 23.72	6
Wierckx, K. et al. [24]	2011	Cross sectional	47		*	85.9 ± 15.0	85.5 ± 19.5	83.3 ± 33.2	83.0 ± 34.1	72.6 ± 19.2	62.1 ± 20.7	75.8 ± 20.8	70.9 ± 19.4	79.40 ± 20.1	6

^aMTF Male to Female, ^bFTM Female to Male; ^c domain 1(Physical); ^d domain 2(Social); ^e domain 3(Role physical); ^f domain 4(Role emotional); ^g domain 5(Mental health); ^h domain 6(Vitality); ^I domain 7(Body pain); ^j domain 8(General health)

^&SS Sample Size, *QOL Quality of Life, **Newcastle-Ottawa Scale score