Table 2.

HRQOL—separated by gender at the third and fourth follow-up of the ESTHER study

	Third follow-up (t0)		Fourth follow-up (t1)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Difference t1-t0
MCS
Total	48.3	9.5	47.4	10.0	− .87
Women	47.0	10.2	46.0	10.6	− 1.01
Men	49.6	8.6	48.9	9.2	− .73
PCS
Total	41.7	9.8	40.7	10.0	− 1.03
Women	41.3	10.0	40.4	10.1	− .93
Men	42.2	9.6	41.1	9.9	− 1.14