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Table 6 RAND 36-item Short Form Health Survey variables scores by sex within the exposed group (50% women)

From: The impact of sulfur mustard on quality of life and mental health in Kurdish survivors in Sweden, thirty years after exposure

Variable

Men (n = 9)

Women (n = 9)

P*

Mean (SD)

Median (Min–Max)

Mean (SD)

Median (Min–Max)

Physical function

63.9 (20.1)

60.0 (35–95)

56·1 (25·5)

45.0 (30–95)

0.436

Role physical

44.·4 (48.1)

25.0 (0–100)

25.0 (43.3)

0.0 (0–100)

0.436

Role emotional

48.1 (50.3)

33.3 (0–100)

22.2 (44.1)

0.0 (0–100)

0.297

Social function

51.4 (26.1)

50. 0 (25–100)

34.7 (29.2)

25.0 (0–88)

0.113

Bodily pain

39.2 (29.8)

31.0 (0–90)

28.0 (20.3)

22.0 (0–62)

0.489

Mental health

40.4 (26.2)

28.0 (20–100)

38.7 (25.6)

44.0 (4–92)

0.730

Vitality

36.1 (27.1)

25.0 (10–100)

22.2 (21.2)

20.0 (0–70)

0.190

General health

29.3 (31.5)

25.0 (0–100)

23.8 (21.6)

15.0 (5–72)

1.000

Physical component summary

34.2 (9.5)

29.4 (21–50)

38.2 (9.5)

34.1 (28–55)

0.258

Mental Component Summary

29.5 (13.6)

27.6 (11–57)

34.9 (13.5)

29.1 (22–63)

0.436

  1. n Number of participants, SD Standard deviation
  2. P* are based on independent-Samples Mann–Whitney U Test