Impact of Regular Exercise and Attempted Weight Loss on Quality of Life among Adults with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

SF-12 scores for respondents with and without diabetes who did and did not try to lose weight.

	Tried to lose weight		No attempt to lose weight
SF-12 scores	T2DM(𝑛=1,722)	No DM (𝑛=4,288)	T2DM(𝑛=697)	No DM(𝑛=2,462)
Physical component summary (PCS), mean (SD)	39.1 (12.7)∗	45.0 (11.8)†	40.6 (12.3)̂‌	46.0 (12.0)
Mental component summary (MCS), mean (SD)	48.9 (11.2)∗	49.8 (10.4)†	50.0 (11.2)̂‌	51.2 (9.7)

^∗𝑃<.001 for comparison of T2DM versus No DM; 𝑃̂<.001 for comparison within T2DM of tried to lose weight versus no attempt to lose weight; ^†𝑃<.001 for comparison within No DM of tried to lose weight versus no attempt to lose weight.