Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling

Table 3

FVS according to sex and age class.

Generation	Subscale		Male		Female	value
			Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)
Whole subjects	Liver	80	3.2 (2.8)	99	4.5 (3.4)	0.019
	Heart	80	2.9 (2.8)	99	3.2 (2.3)	0.125
	Spleen	80	3.3 (2.7)	99	4.0 (2.2)	0.032
	Lung	80	2.3 (1.8)	99	2.1 (1.5)	0.466
	Kidney	80	2.7 (2.4)	99	2.8 (1.8)	0.406
40–49	Liver	12	3.4 (2.2)	12	3.3 (2.5)	0.887
	Heart	12	4.2 (4.4)	12	3.1 (2.2)	0.932
	Spleen	12	4.2 (4.4)	12	3.7 (2.1)	0.713
	Lung	12	3.2 (1.9)	12	2.3 (1.5)	0.291
	Kidney	12	3.5 (3.3)	12	1.8 (1.3)	0.266
50–59	Liver	20	4.3 (2.7)	27	5.9 (3.5)	0.186
	Heart	20	3.2 (2.1)	27	3.5 (1.9)	0.499
	Spleen	20	3.7 (1.9)	27	5.1 (1.8)	0.019
	Lung	20	2.6 (1.5)	27	2.4 (1.6)	0.584
	Kidney	20	3.4 (2.1)	27	3.1 (1.2)	0.583
60–65	Liver	48	2.7 (2.9)	60	4.1 (3.4)	0.030
	Heart	48	2.5 (2.5)	60	3.2 (2.5)	0.129
	Spleen	48	3.0 (2.5)	60	3.6 (2.3)	0.174
	Lung	48	2.0 (1.9)	60	1.9 (1.5)	0.940
	Kidney	48	2.3 (2.1)	60	2.9 (2.0)	0.075

Mann-Whitney test.