Table 5 Result of eight domains of health status questionnaire SF-36 by group

From: Impact of type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease on nutrition and quality of life

Group

DMCD

DM

CD

HC

P-value

Physical functioning

89±15

76±23

73±28.7

88.7±9

0.066

Physical role limitations

70±39.2

61.7±38.8

65±39.9

90±15.8

0.127

Bodily pain

72.5±28.1

62.1±27.4

62.1±27.6

71±20.2

0.554

General health perceptions

47.5±15.4

45.3±19.2

57.4±19.4

62± 9.3

0.020 a

Energy/vitality

55±19.2

47±24.3

62.7±20.8

71.7±18

0.014 a

Social functioning

79.2±23.5

62.5±24.5

64.2±30.2

792±20

0.117

Emotional role limitations

53.3±43.3

51.1±48.6

68.9±38.8

77.8±30

0.233

Mental health

61.9±23.8

54.9±22.6

68.3±20.4

74.7±20

0.090

  1. Abbreviations: CD, celiac disease; DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; DMCD, type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease; HC, healthy control.
  2. astatistically significant differences between DM and HC groups; n=15 patients per group.
  3. P-value: analysis of variance test.
  4. The value for each domain of the questionnaire of quality of life ranges from 0 (the worst state health) to 100 (the best state health). Statistically significant differences are indicated in bold.
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