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Table 4 Scores for each scale of the SF-36 for all 1,459 MG patients (Score range 0-100).

From: Quality of life and life circumstances in German myasthenia gravis patients

 

females

males

SF-36 scale

MG patients

mean (SD) +

normative population §

mean (SD) +

MG patients

mean (SD) +

normative population §

mean (SD) +

Physical functioning

56.1 (30.2)*

82.8 (22.2)

61.2 (29.3)*

88.2 (18.5)

Physical role

49.6 (42.6)

79.2 (34.8)

46.6 (43.4)*

85.5 (30.0)

Bodily pain

45.3 (15.6)

63.9 (25.9)

46.9 (15.9)

71.0 (25.3)

General health

44.6 (22.3)*

66.0 (18.7)

45.1 (22.7)*

66.8 (17.6)

Vitality

42.5 (19.6)

57.6 (18.3)

45.6 (21.9)

62.6 (17.0)

Social functioning

67.7 (28.0)

84.2 (21.2)

69.1 (28.7)*

88.6 (18.3)

Emotional role

64.0 (42.8)

86.7 (29.1)

66.0 (43.1)*

91.6 (23.8)

Mental health

62.3 (19.6)

69.8 (17.6)

64.8 (21.2)

75.2 (15.3)

  1. * Difference from normative sample more than 1 standard deviation.
  2. § Data by Ellert and Bellach [41].
  3. + Standard deviation.