| |
Allergy-like conditions
|
No such conditions
| |
Females with allergy-like conditions
|
Males with allergy-like conditions
| |
|---|
| |
N = 931
|
N = 520
| |
N = 501
|
N = 412
| |
|
SF-36 health scales1
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
p-value
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
p-value
|
|
Physical dimension
|
|
Physical functioning (PF)
|
91.1
|
16.4
|
91.7
|
19.1
|
NS
|
91.1
|
13.8
|
91.2
|
18.8
|
NS
|
|
Role functioning-physical (RP)
|
75.7
|
31.3
|
83.2
|
27.2
|
<0.001
|
73.6
|
31.5
|
78.4
|
30.4
|
<0.05
|
|
Bodily pain (BP)
|
71.3
|
23.6
|
81.2
|
20.3
|
<0.001
|
67.9
|
24.1
|
75.3
|
22.4
|
<0.001
|
|
General health (GH)
|
69.6
|
20.5
|
80.8
|
16.7
|
<0.001
|
66.3
|
21.1
|
73.5
|
19.2
|
<0.001
|
|
Mental dimension
|
|
Vitality (VT)
|
53.0
|
21.0
|
62.2
|
21.0
|
<0.001
|
50.2
|
20.5
|
56.4
|
21.2
|
<0.001
|
|
Social functioning (SF)
|
81.3
|
21.6
|
86.9
|
18.9
|
<0.001
|
79.1
|
22.0
|
84.1
|
20.8
|
<0.001
|
|
Role functioning-emotional (RE)
|
65.4
|
40.3
|
75.4
|
36.8
|
<0.001
|
58.2
|
42.1
|
73.7
|
36.3
|
<0.001
|
|
Mental health (MH)
|
67.3
|
19.6
|
74.9
|
19.1
|
<0.001
|
62.7
|
20.2
|
72.8
|
17.4
|
<0.001
|
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1
Summary of contents of SF-36 health scales: Physical dimension: PF = Ability to perform daily physical activities, e. g. walking, running, lifting, and other moderate physical efforts; RP = Extent to which physical health limits work/daily activities; BP = Intensity of pain and its interference with normal activities; GH = Personal evaluation of general health status, presently and in the future.
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Mental dimension: VT = Personal evaluation of energy, tiredness, etc; SF = Extent to which physical health or emotional problems interfere with normal social activities; RE = Extent to which emotional problems limit work/daily activities; MH = Personal evaluation of mental health, including anxiety, depression, and general positive and negative affects [27, 28].
