Table 3 SF-36 subscales and summary scores in patients and the controls by age groups. Data are expressed as means ± SD and 95% CI

18 – 34 years

35 – 44 years

45 – 64 years

65 – 74 years

> 75 years

Mean ± SD

95% CI

Mean ± SD

95% CI

Mean ± SD

95% CI

Mean ± SD

95% CI

Mean ± SD

95% CI

94.7 ± 10.9

93.4–96.0

91.8 ± 12.1

90.2–93.4

86.6 ± 15.6

85.3–88.0

74.8 ± 19.2

72.5–77.2

65.0 ± 22.7

62.5–67.5

40.0 ± 17.1

34.2–42.7

41.0 ± 18.9

36.2–45.8

41.9 ± 20.7

39.9–45.0

40.6 ± 21.4

36.9–44.3

38.7 ± 21.2

33.2–44.1

47.0 ± 20.3

28.2–65.7

53.5 ± 18.3

47.0–60.0

54.6 ± 20.5

50.5–58.6

49.7 ± 27.7

35.5–63.9

30.0 ± 17.6

11.5–48.5

75.0 ± 10.8

57.8–92.2

59.0 ± 23.1

42.5–75.5

41.5 ± 20.5

34.8–48.1

41.0 ± 20.8

33.7–48.2

35.3 ± 13.9

27.3–43.4

72.5 ± 16.4

62.2–82.8

58.9 ± 19.5

44.0–73.9

48.3 ± 19.8

40.7–55.8

45.0 ± 14.7

38.3–51.7

62.5 ± 23.5

30.7–94.3

88.6 ± 24.9

85.6–91.5

85.6 ± 24.5

82.4–88.8

78.6 ± 33.3

75.7–81.6

61.3 ± 38.4

56.6–66.1

51.8 ± 40.4

47.4–56.3

29.3 ± 11.7

22.4–30.2

28.2 ± 15.3

24.3–32.1

29.5 ± 16.0

28.2–32.9

29.7 ± 16.9

27.8–3.7

28.0 ± 17.1

24.6–33.5

46.4 ± 36.6

12.5–80.2

47.1 ± 24.8

38.3–55.9

35.3 ± 28.9

29.5–41.0

44.1 ± 38.0

24.5–63.6

32.5 ± 19.6

30.8–36.8

56.2 ± 31.4

16.1–86.3

47.5 ± 27.5

27.8–67.1

30.5 ± 28.1

21.4–39.6

29.0 ± 26.3

19.8–38.2

41.6 ± 20.6

29.7–53.5

50.0 ± 20.4

17.5–82.4

50.0 ± 35.3

22.8–77.1

33.6 ± 26.1

23.6–43.5

35.2 ± 21.3

25.5–45.0

66.5 ± 47.3

29.1–72.1

89.2 ± 15.1

87.3–90.9

80.4 ± 16.2

78.3–82.5

80.4 ± 19.6

78.7–82.1

68.9 ± 21.3

66.3–71.6

72.0 ± 23.4

69.4–74.6

27.8 ± 14.0

24.1–32.4

27.7 ± 16.3

23.6–31.8

28.9 ± 18.4

26.2–34.6

29.9 ± 15.4

27.2–32.6

30.5 ± 17.2

26.1–34.9

43.0 ± 28.1

16.9–69.0

47.2 ± 15.7

41.7–52.8

44.9 ± 16.5

41.6–48.1

49.8 ± 17.3

40.9–58.7

32.0 ± 18.3

27.9–36.0

43.1 ± 10.7

26.1–60.1

40.7 ± 17.3

28.3–53.1

35.8 ± 17.8

30.0–41.6

35.4 ± 20.2

28.4–42.5

34.3 ± 17.9

25.7–42.9

53.7 ± 10.9

36.4–71.0

54.3 ± 27.2

33.3–75.2

46.2 ± 17.0

39.7–52.6

40.1 ± 10.4

35.3–44.8

40.0 ± 19.0

37.5–43.5

74.3 ± 15.1

72.5–76.1

62.7 ± 19.7

60.1–65.3

61.9 ± 16.5

60.5–63.4

53.6 ± 14.8

51.8–55.4

49.1 ± 15.5

47.4–50.8

44.3 ± 20.9

39.2–49.2

42.5 ± 15.3

38.6–46.5

46.3 ± 20.4

43.3–49.3

41.4 ± 18.8

38.1–44.6

39.7 ± 20.5

34.5–45.0

50.6 ± 32.2

20.8–80.3

52.5 ± 24.5

43.8–61.2

46.1 ± 19.9

42.1–50.0

50.1 ± 27.1

36.1–64.0

23.3 ± 18.0

14.3–42.3

60.0 ± 19.1

45.4–74.5

53.5 ± 12.2

44.7–62.2

48.4 ± 18.1

42.5–54.3

41.0 ± 13.0

36.4–45.5

35.7 ± 18.9

24.7–46.6

68.7 ± 13.1

47.8–89.6

52.2 ± 13.4

41.8–62.5

40.3 ± 14.3

34.8–45.7

40.7 ± 16.8

33.0–48.3

40.0 ± 14.1

27.0–67.0

71.6 ± 12.8

70.0–73.1

62.0 ± 14.3

60.1–63.8

64.2 ± 16.3

62.8–65.7

59.8 ± 17.2

57.7–61.9

58.7 ± 18.2

56.7–60.7

44.1 ± 24.3

35.9–52.2

53.6 ± 21.4

48.1–59.0

53.2 ± 23.0

49.8–56.7

45.8 ± 22.0

42.0–49.6

51.6 ± 26.1

44.9–58.3

48.0 ± 28.7

21.4–74.5

55.9 ± 22.4

47.9–63.8

54.5 ± 19.9

50.5–58.4

55.5 ± 20.0

45.1–65.8

46.6 ± 20.3

25.3–68.0

39.0 ± 22.9

12.4–75.5

44.4 ± 25.6

26.0–62.7

43.3 ± 16.8

37.9–48.8

45.4 ± 16.9

39.5–51.3

48.8 ± 17.9

38.4–59.2

49.0 ± 18.0

20.3–77.6

59.6 ± 19.0

45.0–74.2

43.7 ± 20.8

35.7–51.6

47.6 ± 19.0

38.9–56.3

48.0 ± 45.2

28.5–54.5

85.3 ± 28.6

81.8–88.6

82.6 ± 30.1

78.6–86.5

80.7 ± 28.8

78.2–83.2

51.5 ± 41.5

46.4–56.6

54.8 ± 43.3

50.1–59.6

47.7 ± 41.2

33.9–61.4

38.1 ± 42.1

27.4–48.8

39.5 ± 42.4

33.3–45.8

32.0 ± 38.5

25.3–38.7

41.2 ± 42.7

30.2–52.2

46.5 ± 43.0

16.6–86.2

47.2 ± 28.6

37.0–57.3

40.2 ± 26.6

34.9–45.4

41.6 ± 27.9

27.2–55.9

38.7 ± 13.7

24.3–53.1

24.8 ± 16.5

20.3–51.1

46.6 ± 42.1

16.4–76.7

25.6 ± 26.8

16.9–34.3

24.4 ± 28.8

14.4–34.5

30.9 ± 30.5

13.2–48.5

33.3 ± 47.1

21.6–58.3

48.0 ± 24.3

29.2–66.7

40.7 ± 27.3

30.3–51.1

28.5 ± 24.2

17.4–39.5

50.0 ± 24.0

36.0–66.0

78.2 ± 18.7

75.9–80.4

73.6 ± 19.6

71.1–76.2

72.7 ± 19.3

71.0–74.4

68.1 ± 19.9

65.6–70.6

66.0 ± 20.8

63.7–68.3

38.1 ± 20.4

31.3–44.9

47.9 ± 19.1

43.1–52.8

50.7 ± 22.4

47.4–54.0

43.3 ± 20.1

39.8–46.8

47.5 ± 21.1

42.0–52.9

51.4 ± 35.4

18.6–84.1

58.7 ± 22.6

50.7–66.8

54.0 ± 18.5

50.3–57.6

60.2 ± 21.7

49.1–71.4

33.2 ± 17.0

15.3–51.1

53.2 ± 29.3

16.6–79.8

44.9 ± 10.6

37.3–52.4

39.7 ± 20.9

32.9–46.5

44.1 ± 20.9

36.8–51.4

35.5 ± 19.3

32.1–43.8

56.1 ± 21.7

21.4–90.8

51.2 ± 22.1

34.2–68.2

42.5 ± 7.1

39.8–45.3

42.7 ± 27.5

39.3–46.2

33.5 ± 19.1

30.0–42.0

62.4 ± 13.4

60.8–64.0

54.2 ± 15.5

52.2–56.3

57.7 ± 14.8

56.4–59.0

55.1 ± 15.2

53.3–57.0

53.6 ± 16.6

51.8–55.5

31.6 ± 18.7

25.3–37.8

46.2 ± 19.5

41.2–51.1

44.6 ± 20.9

41.5–47.7

38.9 ± 20.9

35.3–42.6

42.2 ± 19.7

37.2–47.3

45.0 ± 23.9

22.8–67.1

52.4 ± 20.4

45.1–59.6

47.8 ± 17.2

44.4–51.2

49.7 ± 20.4

39.2–60.2

39.1 ± 21.7

16.3–62.0

50.0 ± 18.1

35.4–64.5

55.0 ± 14.3

44.7–65.2

44.4 ± 16.4

39.1–49.8

41.7 ± 15.9

36.1–47.3

46.7 ± 13.8

38.8–54.7

63.7 ± 33.5

10.4–87.0

49.4 ± 15.7

37.3–61.5

39.8 ± 15.5

33.9–45.7

36.4 ± 18.2

28.1–44.7

47.5 ± 38.8

31.9–66.9

54.9 ± 5.6

53.2–55.6

52.7 ± 6.1

51.9–53.5

50.8 ± 8.1

50.1–51.5

46.8 ± 8.2

45.8–47.8

43.8 ± 8.1

42.9–44.7

32.3 ± 4.4

29.8–34.8

31.3 ± 5.4

29.9–32.7

31.5 ± 6.3

32.5–34.4

32.9 ± 6.0

30.8–34.9

31.0 ± 5.3

29.6–32.3

37.6 ± 10.3

27.9–47.1

38.7 ± 8.5

35.7–41.7

37.0 ± 7.4

35.6–38.5

37.9 ± 12.3

31.6–44.2

24.8 ± 5.9

18.6–31.0

46.0 ± 3.3

40.7–51.2

37.7 ± 7.0

32.7–42.7

33.4 ± 6.7

31.2–35.6

33.2 ± 6.9

30.8–35.7

32.0 ± 3.5

30.0–34.0

47.2 ± 3.2

42.0–52.4

40.3 ± 7.8

34.3–46.4

36.4 ± 6.6

33.9–38.9

35.4 ± 5.4

32.9–37.9

42.0 ± 13.4

28.4–62.4

47.7 ± 6.9

46.9–48.5

46.6 ± 6.7

45.7–47.5

46.3 ± 7.2

45.7–46.9

43.0 ± 9.4

41.8–44.1

43.6 ± 9.5

42.5–44.6

40.6 ± 9.9

37.3–43.9

40.1 ± 11.4

37.2–44.0

40.7 ± 12.3

38.8–42.5

38.7 ± 10.7

36.8–40.6

38.6 ± 13.1

36.2–41.0

39.0 ± 13.8

26.2–51.8

42.1 ± 11.1

38.1–46.0

40.2 ± 8.4

38.5–41.9

41.6 ± 10.9

35.9–47.2

38.9 ± 8.7

29.8–48.1

32.9 ± 4.5

25.7–40.0

40.6 ± 9.6

33.7–47.5

36.3 ± 6.1

34.3–38.3

36.0 ± 6.3

33.8–38.2

38.9 ± 7.3

34.7–43.2

37.0 ± 6.7

26.3–47.7

41.0 ± 9.5

33.7–48.4

35.7 ± 7.4

32.9–38.6

35.3 ± 6.9

32.2–38.5

36.3 ± 12.6

27.0–42.7