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Table 1 Comparison of eight dimensions and two component summaries of SF-36 between successfully aging and not successfully aging elders

From: Successful aging defined by health-related quality of life and its determinants in community-dwelling elders

 

Not successfully aging

Successfully aging

 
 

(n = 809)

(n = 94)

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p value

PF

80.99

20.14

96.17

4.49

<0.001

RP

83.87

34.17

100.00

0.00

<0.001

BP

78.57

21.31

98.45

5.72

<0.001

GH

59.41

19.60

84.85

10.05

<0.001

VT

70.90

18.55

93.99

6.54

<0.001

SF

91.12

16.27

100.00

0.00

<0.001

RE

90.40

27.80

100.00

0.00

<0.001

MH

79.18

16.18

97.36

3.29

<0.001

PCS

47.50

8.07

55.32

1.41

<0.001

MCS

54.61

7.68

61.31

1.11

<0.001

  1. Physical functioning (PF), Role physical (RP), Bodily pain (BP), General health (GH), Vitality (VT), Social functioning (SF), Role emotional (RE), Mental health (MH), Physical component summary (PCS), and Mental component summary (MCS).