Table 4 Short Form 36 (SF-36) scores in young adulthood in two groups born with low birth weight compared with normal birth weight controls
From: Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight
|  | VLBW (n = 43) | SGA (n = 55) | Control (n = 73) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean | (SD) | p | Mean | (SD) | p | Mean | (SD) |
Mental Health | 73.6 | (15.0) | 0.028 | 70.0 | (18.1) | 0.001 | 79.2 | (11.9) |
Vitality | 50.1 | (19.1) | 0.11 | 50.2 | (21.6) | 0.14 | 56.2 | (14.2) |
Social Functioning | 91.0 | (12.6) | 0.25 | 81.6 | (22.7) | 0.001 | 92.6 | (13.1) |
Role–Emotional | 87.6 | (24.2) | 0.22 | 70.3 | (38.8) | <0.001 | 90.9 | (23.7) |
General Health | 79.3 | (17.8) | 0.89 | 73.4 | (24.2) | 0.26 | 78.7 | (19.8) |
Physical Functioning | 90.2 | (20.4) | 0.24 | 95.3 | (7.1) | 0.45 | 95.5 | (10.1) |
Bodily Pain | 80.2 | (22.6) | 0.98 | 80.5 | (23.5) | 0.81 | 80.2 | (22.5) |
Role–Physical | 89.0 | (19.1) | 0.18 | 83.2 | (30.1) | 0.077 | 91.1 | (22.2) |