Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Comparison of QoL scores in RA group

From: Quality of life and influencing factors of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Northeast China

Variables		mean ± SD	P
SF-36
BMI	Thin	24.24 ± 22.77
	normal	37.43 ± 15.21	0.001
	overweight	40.66 ± 15.21
Sleep duration	Normal	38.21 ± 13.80
	Adequate	43.02 ± 17.75
	Insufficient	23.23 ± 11.51	0.001
Psychological counseling	Yes	55.70 ± 17.03
Psychological counseling	No	38.60 ± 15.04	<0.050
C4	Low	35.89 ± 20.68
	Normal	40.62 ± 14.16
	High	24.79 ± 21.36	0.020
WHOQOL-bref
BMI	Thin	41.33 ± 12.52
	normal	43.70 ± 7.47
	overweight	47.06 ± 9.56	<0.001
IgA	Low	49.54 ± 6.77
	Normal	47.91 ± 10.03
	High	33.36 ± 7.74	<0.001
QLICD-RA
Age	≥50y	59.43 ± 10.10
Age	<50y	64.02 ± 11.89	0.001
BMI	Thin	48.67 ± 15.81
	normal	59.26 ± 9.59
	overweight	61.96 ± 10.32	<0.001
Marriage	Single	69.58 ± 13.95
Marriage	Married	60.19 ± 10.41	0.030
Sleep duration	Normal	60.29 ± 9.66
	Adequate	60.64 ± 12.38
	Insufficient	49.22 ± 9.95	<0.001
Psychological counseling	Yes	72.55 ± 13.74
Psychological counseling	No	60.28 ± 10.49	<0.050
CRP	+	59.55 ± 11.48
CRP	–	63.36 ± 7.52	0.020
C4	Low	56.57 ± 17.71
	Normal	61.89 ± 9.48
	High	50.26 ± 14.71	<0.001
IgA	Low	64.24 ± 10.45
	Normal	62.47 ± 10.10
	High	57.79 ± 10.78	0.020
IgM	Low	66.40 ± 9.75
	Normal	60.35 ± 9.75
	High	58.47 ± 12.93	0.020

*Student’s t test; n = 200

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