Research Article
Hypertension Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Middle-Aged Adults in Chongqing, China
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of each domain of the SF-36 among adults in Chongqing, China (mean, SD).
| Domains | Hypertensive () | Nonhypertensive () | value |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 80.2 (21.9) | 88.2 (15.4) | <0.001 | Role-physical (RP) | 80.7 (19.5) | 85.3 (17.7) | 0.004 | Bodily pain (BP) | 76.7 (18.4) | 81.7 (17.8) | 0.001 | General health (GH) | 57.4 (15.3) | 62.0 (14.5) | 0.000 | Vitality (VT) | 61.1 (15.2) | 65.9 (15.4) | 0.000 | Social function (SF) | 80.3 (18.7) | 84.8 (16.4) | 0.008 | Role-emotional (RE) | 83.2 (14.7) | 84.7 (17.0) | 0.288 | Mental health (MH) | 66 (11.2) | 67.0 (10.9) | 0.310 |
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Note: (1) values are mean and SD; (2) SD: standard deviation.
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