Table 2. Normative values for the quality of life domains (WHOQOL-bref) for Brazilian men (n=288) and Brazilian women (n=463), male combat sports/martial arts practitioners (n=922), and male capoeira practitioners (n=192) and female capoeira practitioners in this study (n=53).

	Physical domain	Psychological domain	Social relationship domain	Environmental domain
Normative values of malea	60.3±9.9	65.9±10.8	73.50±18.4	62.9±13.8
Normative values of femalea	57.8±10.5	62.2±12.5	71.9±19.7	59.7±16.2
Male combat sports and martial arts practitionersb	75.0±16.0	75.0±12.0	77.0±16.0	65.0±13.0
Male capoeira practitioners	67.4±9.4 * #	82.4±8.6 * #	78.9±12.5 *	73.8±11.2 * #
Female capoeira practitioners	65.9±9.8 *	75.2±13.2 *	77.2±14.2	70.6±14.3 *

^aCruz et al. ¹³

^bSchwartz et al. ¹² .

^*p<0.001 for significant difference from normative values

^#p<0.001 for significant difference from male combat sports/martial arts practitioners. Data are represented as mean±standard deviation.