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Table 3 Mean SF-36 scale and summary scores based on standard scoring [8] by gender and age groups (n = 5396)

From: Measurement properties and normative data for the Norwegian SF-36: results from a general population survey

Age group

Sex

 

Physical function

Role-physical

Bodily pain

General health

Vitality

Social function

Role-emotional

Mental health

Physical summary

Mental summary

15–19

Male

N

152

152

152

151

152

152

151

152

150

150

  

Mean

92.93

90.79

82.76

80.75

59.11

87.91

89.62

78.51

53.76

50.84

  

SD

16.14

22.23

19.94

18.22

19.78

19.05

25.59

14.86

6.32

8.62

 

Female

N

142

143

144

144

144

144

144

144

141

141

  

Mean

93.30

88.23

79.34

77.74

52.95

84.81

81.71

74.23

53.49

47.69

  

SD

14.21

24.47

20.82

19.26

18.18

19.62

31.00

15.07

7.10

9.62

 

Total

N

294

295

296

295

296

296

295

296

291

291

  

Mean

93.11

89.55

81.09

79.28

56.11

86.40

85.76

76.43

53.63

49.31

  

SD

15.21

23.34

20.41

18.76

19.24

19.36

28.58

15.09

6.70

9.24

20–29

Male

N

325

325

327

323

327

327

325

327

321

321

  

Mean

95.90

88.31

80.88

81.31

61.34

89.49

88.21

79.08

53.76

51.07

  

SD

10.41

27.53

22.68

18.29

18.58

18.68

26.86

14.68

7.08

8.75

 

Female

N

399

399

400

397

398

401

399

398

395

395

  

Mean

94.40

87.93

81.03

79.93

58.27

88.93

87.55

78.75

53.41

50.67

  

SD

11.44

27.28

22.07

17.78

18.02

17.26

27.22

13.85

7.07

8.87

 

Total

N

724

724

727

720

725

728

724

725

716

716

  

Mean

95.07

88.10

80.97

80.54

59.65

89.18

87.85

78.90

53.57

50.85

  

SD

11.01

27.38

22.33

18.01

18.32

17.90

27.04

14.22

7.07

8.81

30–39

Male

N

482

482

482

479

481

482

482

481

478

478

  

Mean

94.64

87.86

80.01

80.57

62.78

89.70

90.32

80.31

53.01

52.07

  

SD

10.71

27.65

22.88

18.22

19.38

17.88

25.58

14.01

7.46

8.49

 

Female

N

533

533

534

530

534

534

530

534

525

525

  

Mean

92.47

82.83

77.28

79.82

58.36

87.29

86.98

79.00

52.04

51.02

  

SD

13.67

33.24

24.26

20.66

20.24

20.49

28.77

15.46

8.90

9.56

 

Total

N

1015

1015

1016

1009

1015

1016

1012

1015

1003

1003

  

Mean

93.50

85.22

78.57

80.17

60.45

88.44

88.57

79.62

52.50

51.52

  

SD

12.40

30.80

23.64

19.54

19.95

19.33

27.34

14.80

8.25

9.08

40–49

Male

N

546

547

548

543

547

549

543

545

536

536

  

Mean

91.74

84.23

76.58

79.11

64.29

88.41

90.36

81.12

51.53

52.96

  

SD

14.62

31.05

25.03

19.72

19.37

19.48

25.27

15.63

8.29

8.53

 

Female

N

530

529

529

525

529

531

526

529

518

518

  

Mean

89.93

80.99

72.38

77.23

59.76

87.03

87.67

80.20

50.10

52.15

  

SD

16.11

34.42

25.60

21.65

20.65

20.74

28.41

15.56

9.81

9.56

 

Total

N

1076

1076

1077

1068

1076

1080

1069

1074

1054

1054

  

Mean

90.85

82.64

74.52

78.19

62.06

87.73

89.04

80.67

50.82

52.56

  

SD

15.39

32.77

25.39

20.70

20.13

20.11

26.88

15.60

9.10

9.06

50–59

Male

N

484

483

488

481

486

489

486

485

472

472

  

Mean

87.04

79.30

73.53

74.22

65.25

88.42

86.76

82.87

49.21

53.90

  

SD

18.64

36.13

25.92

22.01

19.87

18.76

29.42

14.56

9.80

8.15

 

Female

N

490

488

489

486

487

490

484

488

475

475

  

Mean

82.38

71.11

66.36

70.81

58.30

83.06

84.33

80.44

46.40

52.59

  

SD

21.21

40.47

28.06

24.27

22.21

24.28

32.86

16.22

11.40

9.18

 

Total

N

974

971

977

967

973

979

970

973

947

947

  

Mean

84.69

75.18

69.94

72.51

61.77

85.74

85.55

81.65

47.80

53.25

  

SD

20.10

38.57

27.24

23.23

21.35

21.85

31.19

15.46

10.72

8.70

60–69

Male

N

335

336

340

328

334

339

329

333

316

316

  

Mean

83.10

70.66

70.63

71.33

66.77

88.09

86.02

83.63

46.71

54.96

  

SD

19.29

39.88

24.82

21.56

19.97

18.59

29.80

14.65

10.18

8.04

 

Female

N

334

331

332

321

329

333

329

329

313

313

  

Mean

75.42

62.41

65.08

67.26

59.81

84.87

77.51

80.42

43.93

53.08

  

SD

23.16

42.41

26.69

23.64

21.72

21.90

35.41

16.04

11.86

9.38

 

Total

N

669

667

672

649

663

672

658

662

629

629

  

Mean

79.26

66.57

67.89

69.32

63.32

86.50

81.76

82.03

46.32

54.03

  

SD

21.64

41.33

25.89

22.68

21.13

20.35

32.98

15.43

11.13

8.78

70–79

Male

N

202

201

210

193

198

210

195

196

180

180

  

Mean

74.18

57.79

70.52

65.74

61.90

82.50

74.27

82.75

44.24

53.58

  

SD

24.28

42.92

25.50

22.28

23.57

25.10

37.16

16.70

10.17

8.87

 

Female

N

224

226

228

208

219

227

219

214

195

195

  

Mean

63.28

46.61

61.84

63.29

56.69

77.09

60.27

78.53

40.84

51.10

  

SD

27.20

43.94

29.73

22.89

22.80

26.05

44.32

17.96

11.35

10.12

 

Total

N

426

427

438

401

417

437

414

410

375

375

  

Mean

68.45

51.87

66.00

64.47

59.16

79.69

66.87

80.55

42.47

52.29

  

SD

26.40

43.77

28.09

22.60

23.29

25.71

41.65

17.48

10.92

9.61

80+

Male

N

69

69

72

65

69

74

71

67

61

61

  

Mean

60.16

34.54

65.39

59.80

55.68

75.84

55.40

79.68

38.31

50.83

  

SD

27.31

41.35

25.30

23.91

22.76

28.39

42.89

17.61

10.47

10.13

 

Female

N

102

106

107

86

96

105

98

89

76

76

  

Mean

45.84

23.35

53.50

60.34

52.36

68.21

53.40

77.59

35.99

51.84

  

SD

28.64

35.57

29.11

20.83

22.93

29.67

44.32

18.21

10.59

9.64

 

Total

N

171

175

179

151

165

179

169

156

137

137

  

Mean

51.62

27.76

58.28

60.11

53.75

71.37

54.24

78.49

37.02

51.39

  

SD

28.90

38.23

28.18

22.13

22.85

29.31

43.61

17.93

10.56

9.83