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Table 2 Participants’ HRQoL compared with age-adjusted population values

From: Relationship between health-related quality of life, and acute care re-admissions and survival in older adults with chronic illness

Age group

Participants

Population (a)

Statistics (b)

 

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

 

60-69 years (c)

27

0.26

0.28

1245

0.80

0.22

t = 13.28, df = 326,***

70-79 years

88

0.33

0.29

912

0.76

0.23

t = 13.09, df = 349, ***

80+ years (d)

93

0.30

0.26

357

0.70

0.26

t = 8.98, df = 187,***

  1. Notes:
  2. a = Source: Hawthorne et al. (In press).
  3. b = Welch’s approximate t, p-values: * <0.05, ** <0.01, *** < 0.001.
  4. c = Includes 4 cases <60 years.
  5. d = the population sample was restricted to those aged 80–85 years.
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