Table 2

Health-related quality of life at baseline in the study and in the US population ages 45–54.

Scale
Baseline
Age specific Population Norm

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)

Physical Composite Score
48.9 (7.05)
49.37 (10.4)
Mental Composite Score
49.9 (7.62)
50.32 (10.3)

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