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Table 2 Health-related quality of life at baseline in the study and in the US population ages 45–54.

From: Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults: intervention and 24 month follow-up effects

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)

  1. 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.
  2. * indicates a significant difference at baseline from the age-specific population norm for the scale.
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