Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women

Table 6 SF-12 quality of life scores in the patient questionnaire population

			PCS score	MCS score
	N =	Missing data	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
By fracture history
Fractures < 6 months	N = 526	12	42.74 ± 7.55	43.14 ± 10.43
Fractures >6 months	N = 63	3	43.51 ± 8.14	43.89 ± 11.63
No osteoporotic fracture	N = 575	12	48.20 ± 7.48	45.48 ± 9.82
TOTAL	N = 1,217	28	45.53 ± 7.97	44.35 ± 10.24
			p ≤ 0.001	p = 0.001
By fracture site (in fractures < 6 months)
Spine	N = 200	4	40.70 ± 7.10	41.90 ± 10.47
Wrist	N = 185	5	45.58 ± 7.12	44.74 ± 9.98
Upper arm	N = 17	1	46.99 ± 8.00	45.45 ± 9.68
Hip	N = 35	0	40.77 ± 7.10	43.21 ± 10.76
Others	N = 85	2	41.03 ± 7.23	42.13 ± 11.04
			p ≤ 0.001	p = 0.079
By presence of pain
Pain	N = 647	14	42.48 ± 7.14	42.57 ± 10.39
No pain	N = 555	14	49.15 ± 7.29	46.47 ± 9.54
			p ≤ 0.001	p ≤ 0.001
By physician speciality
GPs	N = 784	94	45.22 ± 7.63	44.73 ± 10.07
Rheumatologists	N = 276	14	44.06 ± 8.42	43.83 ± 10.48
Gynaecologists	N = 157	5	49.69 ± 7.57	43.30 ± 10.62
TOTAL	N = 1217	28	45.53 ± 7.97	44.35 ± 10.24
			p ≤ 0.001	p = 0.223

PCS: physical component summary; MCS: mental component summary. Between group differences were determined with the Kruskal-Wallis test.

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