Table 3 Subscales of the SF-36, SF-6D, and EQ-5D-3 L scores adjusted by age and sex

PF

70.5 (2.2)

70.3 (2.2)

68.2 (2.2)

73.9 (2.2)

82.4 (1.0)

< 0.001

0.952

0.464

0.265

< 0.001

RP

67.8 (2.3)

70.5 (2.3)

65.8 (2.3)

68.6 (2.4)

86.5 (1.1)

< 0.001

0.393

0.541

0.801

< 0.001

BP

61.1 (2.2)

61.4 (2.2)

66.1 (2.2)

63.1 (2.3)

81.4 (1.0)

< 0.001

0.920

0.114

0.499

< 0.001

GH

41.4 (1.8)

51.3 (1.8)

44.2 (1.8)

45.8 (1.8)

63.9 (0.8)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.261

0.074

< 0.001

VT

53.2 (1.9)

51.8 (1.9)

49.7 (1.9)

45.8 (1.9)

64.6 (0.9)

< 0.001

0.610

0.196

0.005

< 0.001

SF

72.4 (2.1)

77.8 (2.1)

74.6 (2.1)

71.3 (2.1)

87.3 (1.0)

< 0.001

0.058

0.440

0.703

< 0.001

RE

68.4 (2.3)

77.2 (2.3)

72.7 (2.3)

69.6 (2.4)

87.7 (1.1)

< 0.001

0.006

0.199

0.713

< 0.001

MH

61.3 (1.8)

71.7 (1.8)

67.2 (1.8)

63.7 (1.8)

75.2 (0.8)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.020

0.326

< 0.001

PCS

44.6 (0.8)

45.3 (0.8)

44.8 (0.8)

46.9 (0.8)

51.0 (0.4)

< 0.001

0.511

0.827

0.025

< 0.001

MCS

43.0 (0.9)

48.9 (0.9)

46.6 (0.9)

44.2 (0.9)

50.8 (0.4)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.006

0.316

< 0.001

SF-6D

0.70 (0.01)

0.73 (0.01)

0.72 (0.01)

0.71 (0.01)

0.79 (0.00)

< 0.001

0.056

0.310

0.669

< 0.001

EQ-5D-3 L

63.98 (1.55)

69.95 (1.56)

67.49 (1.55)

64.84 (1.58)

77.88 (0.72)

< 0.001

0.005

0.110

0.684

< 0.001