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Table 6 Mean SF-36 v.2 scale scores (standard error) by age groups, years of schooling and race/color. PDSD, 2008

From: Psychometric evaluation of the SF-36 (v.2) questionnaire in a probability sample of Brazilian households: results of the survey Pesquisa Dimensões Sociais das Desigualdades (PDSD), Brazil, 2008

  

PF

RP

BP

GH

VT

SF

RE

MH

  

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Sex

         

Male

5,255

48.4 (0.2)

49.3 (0.2)

54.2 (0.2)

50.9 (0.2)

58.8 (0.1)

51.1 (0.1)

48.8 (0.2)

52.0 (0.2)

Female

7,168

45.5 (0.2)

47.1 (0.1)

50.9 (0.1)

48.8 (0.1)

55.3 (0.1)

48.9 (0.1)

46.3 (0.2)

48.1 (0.1)

F adjusted for age

 

144.5

99.4

260.0

102.9

324.0

146.6

113.3

325.5

p value

 

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

RV

 

0.44

0.31

0.80

0.32

0.99

0.45

0.35

1.0

Age groups (years)

18-39

3,609

52.4 (0.2)

52.2 (0.2)

56.2 (0.2)

54.0 (0.2)

59.3 (0.2)

52.7 (0.2)

50.9 (0.2)

51.1 (0.2)

40-64

5,647

46.8 (0.2)

48.1 (0.1)

51.7 (0.1)

49.2 (0.1)

56.8 (0.1)

49.8 (0.1)

47.4 (0.2)

49.7 (0.2)

≥ 65

2,170

38.0 (0.3)

42.2 (0.2)

48.6 (0.2)

44.6 (0.2)

54.4 (0.2)

46.1 (0.2)

42.8 (0.3)

49.3 (0.2)

F adjusted for sex

 

911.0

525.2

344.8

518.8

141.9

296.2

285.1

21.9

p value

 

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

RV

 

1.00

0.58

0.38

0.57

0.16

0.33

0.31

0.02

Years of schooling

0

1,823

43.9 (0.3)

44.2 (0.3)

49.9 (0.3)

45.7 (0.3)

54.2 (0.3)

47.5 (0.2)

44.0 (0.3)

46.7 (0.3)

1-4

3,363

45.8 (0.2)

47.7 (0.2)

51.6 (0.2)

48.6 (0.2)

56.6 (0.2)

49.5 (0.2)

47.1 (0.2)

49.1 (0.2)

5-8

2,266

47.1 (0.3)

48.5 (0.2)

52.1 (0.2)

49.9 (0.2)

56.9 (0.2)

50.2 (0.2)

47.7 (0.3)

49.9 (0.2)

9-11

2,136

48.7 (0.3)

49.9 (0.2)

54.0 (0.2)

52.0 (0.2)

58.3 (0.2)

51.5 (0.2)

49.2 (0.3)

51.8 (0.3)

≥ 12

1,053

49.6 (0.4)

51.1 (0.3)

54.5 (0.3)

53.7 (0.3)

58.6 (0.3)

51.1 (0.3)

50.0 (0.4)

52.6 (0.4)

F adjusted for age

 

62.1

77.1

39.5

117.1

39.1

37.2

49.0

56.7

p value

 

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

RV

 

0.53

0.66

0.34

1.00

0.33

0.32

0.42

0.48

Race/color

         

White

5,501

46.9 (0.2)

48.8 (0.1)

52.5 (0.1)

50.5 (0.1)

57.0 (0.1)

50.1 (0.1)

47.9 (0.2)

50.0 (0.2)

Brown

4,360

46.5 (0.2)

47.5 (0.2)

52.1 (0.2)

49.0 (0.2)

57.0 (0.2)

49.8 (0.1)

47.1 (0.2)

49.6 (0.2)

Black

1,248

46.2 (0.3)

47.5 (0.3)

52.3 (0.3)

48.7 (0.3)

56.3 (0.3)

49.4 (0.3)

47.1 (0.3)

49.6 (0.30

F adjusted for age

 

1.8

19.5

1.5

29.8

1.7

3.6

5.6

1.2

p value

 

0.16

<0.01

0.21

<0.01

0.17

0.03

<0.01

0.30

RV

 

0.06

0.65

0.05

1.00

0.06

0.12

0.19

0.04

  1. PF - physical functioning, RP - role physical, BP - Bodily pain, GH- general health, VT - vitality, SF- social functioning, RE- role emotional, MH - mental health.