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Table 3 Health-related quality of life comparisons between women with hirsutism and the Swedish normal population

From: Social support: an important factor for quality of life in women with hirsutism

SF-36 subscales

Hirsutism mean (SD)

n

Normal population mean (SD)

n

p-valuea

ESb

Physical Functioning

82.6 (21.5)

126

92.3 (14.3)

1113

<0.001

0.53

Role-Physical

66.5 (36.8)

124

81.1 (32.7)

1115

<0.001

0.42

Bodily Pain

67.4 (29.8)

126

74.1 (25.8)

1113

0.006

0.24

General Health

58.2 (24.2)

126

72.5 (22.4)

1105

<0.001

0.61

Vitality

41.2 (22.7)

126

54.5 (23.1)

1113

<0.001

0.58

Social Functioning

60.7 (32.8)

126

82.1 (23.4)

1114

<0.001

0.75

Role-Emotional

50.1 (43.4)

123

78.6 (35.1)

1111

<0.001

0.72

Mental Health

56.0 (24.2)

126

71.3 (20.1)

1111

<0.001

0.69

PCS

48.7 (11.0)

123

51.8 (9.0)

1105

<0.001

0.31

MCS

32.9 (14.8)

123

43.7 (12.4)

1105

<0.001

0.79

  1. aIndependent sample t-test.
  2. bCohen’s d effect size: 0.2 = small, 0.5 = medium, 0.8 = large.