Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population

Table 3 Correlation between the AQLQ and the SF-36

AQLQ	Symptoms	Activity limitation	Emotional function	Environmental exposure
SF-36
Physical functioning	0.49	0.61	0.54	0.51
Role physical	0.32	0.42	0.34	0.33
Bodily pain	0.33	0.36	0.29	0.33
General health	0.32	0.41	0.30	0.36
Vitality	0.34	0.34	0.30	0.28
Social functioning	0.34	0.36	0.34	0.29
Role emotional	0.27	0.32	0.31	0.26
Mental health	0.36	0.33	0.30	0.31
PCS	0.40	0.51	0.41	0.42
MCS	0.26	0.19	0.21	0.18

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