Table 4

Differences in SF-36 subscale scores by marital status.

Subscales	Single		Married		Divorced		P-value
Subscales	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P-value
*Males*
PF	64.3	31.1	57.8	29.4	51.7	27.0	0.001
RP	56.5	40.7	44.0	41.3	33.3	34.2	0.001
RE	46.4	42.2	47.7	44.4	77.8	34.4	0.000
EF	51.7	21.3	47.9	19.5	41.7	11.3	0.116
EW	49.0	17.4	50.8	15.4	45.3	14.9	0.231
SF	67.9	25.2	62.3	25.7	54.2	17.1	0.119
BP	78.7	20.7	66.2	22.6	78.3	20.2	0.002
GH	57.5	18.9	52.6	15.9	43.3	18.1	0.089
*Females*
PF	63.4	26.8	54.0	28.1	50.6	28.7	0.000
RP	50.6	38.5	35.8	41.3	45.3	46.0	0.004
RE	42.2	42.5	36.4	42.7	45.8	47.7	0.123
EF	48.2	18.3	40.7	20.8	36.9	17.4	0.282
EW	46.4	18.9	43.0	18.8	40.0	18.7	0.186
SF	63.3	24.5	58.2	26.4	55.5	29.8	0.008
BP	64.4	22.1	60.6	26.8	58.8	28.6	0.003
GH	58.9	17.0	53.2	16.9	57.2	18.4	0.002
*Total*
PF	63.8	28.4	55.4	28.6	49.4	28.3	0.000
RP	52.8	39.3	38.9	41.4	43.1	45.4	0.000
RE	43.7	42.4	40.6	43.6	50	48.2	0.464
EF	49.5	19.5	43.4	20.6	38.1	16.9	0.000
EW	47.4	18.4	45.9	18	40.9	18.6	0.187
SF	65.2	24.8	60	26.1	55.1	28.7	0.014
BP	69.8	22.6	62.9	25.4	62.4	28.8	0.006
GH	58.4	17.7	53	16.5	54.4	19.2	0.004

PF - Physical functioning, RP - Role limitations due to physical health, RE - Role limitations due to emotional problems, EF - Energy/fatigue, EW - Emotional well-being, SF - Social functioning, BP - Body pain, GH - General health.