Table 4.
The weighted mean (95% confidence intervals (CIs)) for quality of life by SF36
| Subgroups | Number of studies (Sample Size) | Weighted Mean (95% CI) | Range | Between subgroups | Between groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I2c (%) | P heterogeneity | Qd | P heterogeneity | |||||
| Minimum | Maximum | |||||||
| Trans | 0.000 | |||||||
| MTFa | 3 (126) | 62.47 (45.94, 79.00) | 29.94 | 95.87 | 12.9 | 0.328 | 7.41 | |
| FTMb | 4 (507) | 57.54 (42.24, 72.84) | 27.29 | 87.86 | 0.0 | 0.401 | ||
| Domains | 9.49 | 0.000 | ||||||
| Physical | 5 (633) | 74.53 (59.13, 89.92) | 49.00 | 92.70 | 65.9 | 0.004 | ||
| Social | 5 (633) | 59.57 (38.39, 80.75) | 14.00 | 85.50 | 66.1 | 0.004 | ||
| Role physical | 5 (633) | 55.07 (43.52, 66.62) | 49.10 | 84.70 | 0.0 | 0.817 | ||
| Role emotional | 5 (633) | 53.30 (40.22, 66.38) | 42.42 | 83.00 | 0.0 | 0.746 | ||
| Mental health | 5 (633) | 57.88 (47.91, 67.84) | 42.12 | 73.00 | 0.0 | 0.502 | ||
| Vitality | 5 (633) | 54.23 (44.27, 64.18) | 46.22 | 63.91 | 0.0 | 0.951 | ||
| Body pain | 5 (633) | 59.62 (48.97, 70.27) | 49.10 | 80.65 | 0.0 | 0.555 | ||
| General health | 5 (633) | 59.84 (49.63, 70.04) | 47.76 | 77.10 | 0.0 | 0.544 | ||
| Mean age | 7.52 | 0.000 | ||||||
| ≤ 35 | 2 (407) | 60.00 (44.36, 75.64) | 49.05 | 79.40 | 11.0 | 0.338 | ||
| > 35 | 3 (226) | 60.21 (43.88, 76.54) | 46.99 | 78.15 | 3.0 | 0.378 | ||
| Geographical eras | 5.25 | 0.004 | ||||||
| USA | 1 (376) | 48.05 (34.33, 61.76) | – | – | – | – | ||
| France | 2 (164) | 76.17 (53.60, 88.73) | 74.00 | 78.15 | 0.0 | 0.990 | ||
| Belgium | 1 (47) | 79.40 (33.15, 87.43) | – | – | – | – | ||
| Iran | 1 (46) | 66.19 (20.92, 89.78) | – | – | – | – | ||
| Overall | 5 (633) | 59.17 (48.59, 69.74) | 46.99 | 79.40 | 0.0 | 0.487 | 10.97 | 0.0001 |
aMTF Male to Female, bFTM: Female to Male, cI2 I Square, dQ Cochran’s Q test