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Health-related quality of life at baseline in the study and in the US population ages 45–54. |
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| Scale |
Baseline |
Age specific Population Norm† |
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| Physical Functioning |
83.3 (14.6) |
84.61 (21.1) |
| Role Physical |
81.0 (30.6) |
82.65 (33.1) |
| Bodily Pain* |
66.0 (17.8) |
73.12 (24.0) |
| General Health |
74.7 (16.6) |
71.76 (19.4) |
| Vitality* |
55.3 (15.0) |
61.79 (20.9) |
| Social Functioning |
89.0 (16.6) |
84.07 (21.8) |
| Role Emotional |
85.3 (27.8) |
83.60 (31.4) |
| Mental Health* |
70.8 (12.4) |
75.33 (17.9) |
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| Physical Composite Score |
48.9 (7.05) |
49.37 (10.4) |
| Mental Composite Score |
49.9 (7.62) |
50.32 (10.3) |
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Note. †Given the demographics of the study sample, we used the combined scores for men and women ages 45–54 as the age-specific population norm. * indicates a significant difference at baseline from the age-specific population norm for the scale. | ||
Blissmer et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006 4:43 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-4-43 |
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