Table 4 Average SF-36 scores of girls with or without dysmenorrhea
From: Health-related quality of life among Chinese adolescent girls with Dysmenorrhoea
|  | Total Sample n = 653 | With dysmenorrhea n = 428 | Without dysmenorrhea n = 225 | p-value (unadjusted)a | p-value (adjusted)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health-related quality of life (SF-36) | |||||
 Physical functioning | 85.75 (17.97) | 86.27 (16.93) | 84.76 (19.82) | 0.33 | 0.41 |
 Role-physical | 65.62 (37.70) | 63.14 (38.16) | 70.33 (36.45) | < 0.001 | 0.04 |
 Bodily pain | 64.79 (21.94) | 59.58 (20.38) | 74.71 (21.43) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
 General health | 56.69 (18.33) | 55.31 (18.32) | 59.33 (18.10) | < 0.001 | 0.02 |
 Vitality | 56.37 (18.81) | 55.88 (18.48) | 57.31 (19.42) | 0.36 | 0.63 |
 Social functioning | 72.48 (19.19) | 70.82 (18.74) | 75.64 (19.67) | < 0.001 | 0.003 |
 Role-emotional | 52.99 (41.90) | 50.78 (41.47) | 57.19 (42.48) | 0.07 | 0.15 |
 Mental health | 60.55 (17.50) | 59.77 (17.63) | 62.04 (17.19) | 0.11 | 0.15 |
 Physical component summary (PCS) score | 50.29 (7.96) | 49.48 (8.03) | 51.83 (7.62) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
 Mental component summary (MCS) score | 38.39 (12.01) | 37.82 (12.04) | 39.54 (11.90) | 0.08 | 0.17 |