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. 2022 Oct 2;10(1):211–222. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.14182

Table 2.

Mean change in SF‐36 scores, by domain

SF‐36 domain Diagnosis at baseline Diagnosis at follow‐up Baseline score Follow‐up score Change score Comparison with No HF group
Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n Adjusted a mean difference (95% CI) Adjusted a , b P value Fully adjusted c mean difference (95% CI) Fully adjusted P value b , c
Physical functioning
No HF HFrEF 71.4 (23.3) 82 45.4 (27.2) 82 −26.0 (25.8) 82 −16.6 (−22.6 to −10.5) <0.0001 −16.1 (−22.2 to −10.1) <0.0001
HFpEF 68.5 (25.7) 68 42.8 (25.7) 68 −25.5 (24.5) 68 −14.8 (−21.3 to −8.2) <0.0001 −14.6 (−21.2 to −8.1) <0.0001
No HF 82.9 (19.7) 1434 74.3 (26.6) 1404 −8.7 (22.7) 1397
HF HF 38.5 (26.3) 26 36.8 (27.9) 26 −1.7 (32.4) 26 0.04 (−11.0 to 11.0) 0.99 0.7 (−10.3 to 11.8) 0.99
Role physical
No HF HFrEF 80.5 (35.2) 81 37.8 (42.2) 72 −41.8 (41.9) 71 −21.7 (−32.8 to −10.6) <0.0001 −20.7 (−31.8 to −9.7) <0.0001
HFpEF 68.3 (41.6) 67 31.2 (42.6) 65 −34.1 (51.3) 63 −19.0 (−30.8 to −7.3) 0.0003 −19.3 (−31.0 to −7.6) 0.0003
No HF 84.5 (31.1) 1426 70.8 (40.7) 1363 −13.9 (41.1) 1353
HF HF 20.2 (33.2) 26 19.6 (36.1) 23 −1.1 (52.5) 23 −10.8 (−33.9 to 9.4) 0.49 −12.5 (−32.8 to 7.6) 0.36
Bodily pain
No HF HFrEF 69.3 (25.0) 81 59.0 (28.7) 77 −11.1 (30.3) 76 −5.0 (−11.9 to 1.9) 0.23 −4.7 (−11.7 to 2.2) 0.28
HFpEF 69.6 (27.2) 68 63.8 (29.3) 63 −4.6 (30.1) 62 2.4 (−5.2 to 9.9) 0.83 3.6 (−4.0 to 11.2) 0.58
No HF 78.0 (24.2) 1419 72.1 (26.3) 1350 −6.1 (27.3) 1330
HF HF 64.7 (28.0) 26 52.4 (30.6) 23 −10.9 (32.6) 25 −2.7 (−14.9 to 9.4) 0.93 −2.4 (−14.7 to 9.9) 0.95
General health perception
No HF HFrEF 62.6 (21.7) 82 52.1 (23.0) 76 −10.9 (26.2) 76 −10.1 (−14.8 to −5.3) <0.0001 −10.0 (−14.8 to −5.3) <0.0001
HFpEF 64.5 (19.8) 68 52.5 (20.5) 65 −11.4 (17.3) 64 −10.1 (−15.2 to −5.0) <0.0001 −10.0 (−15.2 to −4.9) <0.0001
No HF 72.9 (18.4) 1426 70.2 (19.5) 1347 −2.8 (17.4) 1335
HF HF 35.2 (20.2) 26 35.4 (13.7) 21 1.1 (18.8) 21 −6.3 (−15.6 to 3.0) 0.28 −6.1 (−15.6 to 3.3) 0.32
Vitality
No HF HFrEF 61.5 (21.0) 81 44.6 (21.7) 77 −16.0 (21.5) 76 −12.8 (−17.6 to −8.1) <0.0001 −12.8 (−17.6 to −8.0) <0.0001
HFpEF 57.8 (22.5) 68 49.0 (19.7) 67 −8.6 (20.9) 66 −6.2 (−11.3 to −1.2) 0.012 −6.0 (−11.1 to −0.9) 0.014
No HF 66.6 (20.4) 1431 64.7 (20.1) 1392 −1.9 (18.9) 1383
HF HF 38.8 (15.6) 26 37.6 (21.2) 26 −1.3 (21.6) 26 −5.7 (−14.1 to 2.6) 0.27 −4.3 (−12.7 to 4.1) 0.53
Social functioning
No HF HFrEF 83.9 (24.4) 80 69.6 (31.7) 78 −13.3 (32.0) 76 −8.6 (−15.0 to −2.2) 0.004 −7.9 (−14.3 to −1.6) 0.009
HFpEF 86.2 (20.3) 67 70.2 (29.4) 65 −15.5 (29.2) 63 −9.1 (−16.0 to −2.1) 0.006 −8.7 (−15.6 to −1.7) 0.009
No HF 88.4 (20.6) 1424 85.5 (22.7) 1358 −3.0 (24.5) 1342
HF HF 62.5 (30.4) 26 59.5 (33.5) 25 −2.0 (43.4) 25 −8.3 (−19.7 to 3.0) 0.22 −9.2 (−20.6 to 2.3) 0.16
Role emotional
No HF HFrEF 81.3 (33.9) 81 62.2 (45.3) 67 −18.7 (49.7) 66 −11.5 (−22.1 to −0.9) 0.028 −11.1 (−21.6 to −0.5) 0.037
HFpEF 78.1 (37.2) 64 53.7 (47.1) 59 −26.7 (49.0) 55 −18.0 (−29.5 to −6.5) 0.0006 −18.3 (−29.8 to −6.7) 0.0005
No HF 86.6 (29.0) 1417 82.4 (34.1) 1322 −4.5 (39.0) 1304
HF HF 65.4 (41.6) 26 49.0 (50.2) 17 −21.6 (66.6) 17 −19.3 (−40.5 to 1.9) 0.09 −21.7 (−43.4 to −0.04) 0.049
Mental health
No HF HFrEF 77.3 (15.9) 81 75.3 (17.9) 76 −2.1 (18.4) 75 −2.6 (−6.9 to 1.8) 0.41 −2.7 (−7.0 to 1.6) 0.36
HFpEF 74.6 (19.0) 68 70.9 (20.0) 65 −4.7 (17.0) 64 −5.9 (−10.5 to −1.3) 0.007 −5.6 (−10.2 to −0.9) 0.012
No HF 77.8 (16.6) 1432 79.1 (16.5) 1391 1.2 (16.9) 1383
HF HF 65.5 (21.4) 26 69.2 (16.3) 26 3.6 (26.7) 26 −2.6 (−10.1 to 4.9) 0.79 −2.9 (−10.5 to 4.7) 0.73
a

Adjusted by baseline score, age, sex, cohort, and practice (random effect).

b

Includes Dunnett–Hsu adjustment; improvement is indicated by a positive change.

c

Adjusted by baseline score, age, sex, body mass index, diabetes, arthritis, depression, cohort, and practice (random effect).