Gender Differences in the Influence of Social Support on One-Year Changes in Functional Status in Older Patients with Heart Failure

Table 3

Gender differences in baseline social support scores.

	Baseline
	𝑁	Mean (SD)	𝑃
Emotional/information			.108
Women	163	69.5 (27.4)
Men	265	73.9 (27.0)
Tangible			.002
Women	162	71.3 (31.0)
Men	266	80.3 (27.7)
Affectionate support			.844
Women	161	80.9 (27.0)
Men	265	80.4 (30.4)
Positive social interaction			.057
Women	154	67.3 (31.7)
Men	264	73.4 (32.0)
Additional			.144
Women	158	67.6 (31.5)
Men	263	72.3 (32.9)
Overall			.068
Women	163	71.0 (24.6)
Men	269	75.7 (26.6)