Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome

Table 2

QOL scores compared with Japanese normative data (2007).

		NS patients data		Normative data			Normative data
Measure	𝑛			(general people)			(with more than two chronic diseases)
		Mean (average)	SD	Mean	SD	𝑃 value	Mean (average)	SD	𝑃 value
Physical functioning	30	51.83	6.59	50	10	0.140	46.2	13.5	<0.001**
Physical role	30	47.86	11.06	50	10	0.297	47.2	12.0	0.747
Bodily pain	30	54.52	9.03	50	10	0.010*	46.3	10.5	<0.001**
General health	30	45.82	6.59	50	10	0.002*	46.1	10.1	0.818
Vaitality	30	51.65	9.82	50	10	0.365	48.5	10.5	0.089
Social functioning	30	39.15	8.64	50	10	<0.001**	48.1	11.3	<0.001**
Emotional role	30	49.27	10.91	50	10	0.717	47.9	11.6	0.496
Mental health	30	47.89	11.00	50	10	0.301	48.8	10.7	0.652
Physical component summary	30	49.60	9.23	50	10	0.815	45.9	10.6	0.036*
Mental component summary	30	47.51	9.70	50	10	0.70	49.3	11.0	0.319

∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.001.