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).

DomainsHypertensive ()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

Note: (1) values are mean and SD; (2) SD: standard deviation.