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Table 3 Standardized mean (SD) SF-36 scores of patients in the NASH CRN with and without NASH (David et al., 2009) [8]

From: Health-related quality of life burden of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a robust pragmatic literature review

SF-36 domain

All patientsa

(n = 713)

Definite NASH

(n = 436)

Definitely not NASH

(n = 136)

p-valueb

Physical Component Summary

45.2 (10.9)

44.5 (11.0)

47.1 (10.4)

0.018

Mental Component Summary

47.6 (11.0)

47.5 (10.9)

48.6 (11.3)

0.342

Physical functioning

45.6 (11.3)

44.9 (11.7)

47.0 (11.0)

0.066

Role limitations due to physical health

46.5 (11.6)

45.8 (11.6)

48.3 (11.4)

0.036

Role limitations due to emotional problems

47.1 (12.2)

46.9 (12.1)

48.6 (12.0)

0.154

Vitality

44.8 (11.2)

44.4 (11.1)

46.6 (11.5)

0.043

Mental health

48.3 (10.8)

48.0 (10.7)

49.1 (11.7)

0.336

Social functioning

46.9 (11.6)

46.9 (11.3)

48.0 (12.0)

0.328

Bodily pain

48.0 (11.2)

47.7 (11.2)

50.0 (11.4)

0.043

General health

42.4 (10.8)

41.8 (10.9)

44.2 (10.9)

0.023

  1. aAll patients (n = 713) includes those with definite NASH (n = 436), borderline NASH (n = 141), and definitely not NASH (n = 136)
  2. b p-value is from comparison (t test) between patients with definite NASH and patients with NAFLD but definitely not NASH