Health-related quality of life in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with implantable defibrillators

Table 3 Subgroup analyses of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with implantable defibrillators

SF-36 domains	Atrial fibrillation		Heart failure		Appropriate therapy		Inappropriate shock
	p-value	ES	p-value	ES	p-value	ES	p-value	ES
Physical functioning	<0.001	0.47	<0.001	0.68	0.812		0.119
Role physical	0.002	0.38	0.003	0.48	0.211		0.382
Bodily pain	0.051	0.26	0.260		0.229		0.188
General health	0.004	0.38	0.023	0.33	0.864		0.118
Vitality	0.234		0.075	0.30	0.166		0.080	0.31
Social functioning	0.004	0.42	0.069	0.36	0.180		0.058	0.37
Role emotional	0.234		0.195		0.209		0.028	0.42
Mental health	0.288		0.681		0.033	0.30^a	0.242
Physical Component Summary	<0.001	0.48	<0.001	0.63	0.735		0.252
Mental Component Summary	0.495		0.884		0.076	0.27^a	0.060	0.38

ES effect size
^a higher mental health and mental health summary scores (all other effect sizes were lower)

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