COMT genotype and non-recovery after a whiplash injury in a Northern European population

Table 3 Pain and mental status ratings on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and HRQoL according to SF-36 in relation to haplotype. No significant differences between the haplotype groups

	LPS		APS		HPS		Total
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
VAS pain
Before	10.85	14,67	13.16	17.73	6.55	6.55	12.26	16.68
After	48.00	31.21	53.94	31.46	51.82	32.66	52.87	31.35
At 12 months	26.59	29.36	24.83	28.57	25.20	27.09	25.14	28.32
VAS mental health
Before	20.40	30.39	11.40	17.11	15.82	19.82	13.13	19.96
After	41.35	33.47	38.19	32.96	32.18	31.47	38.17	32.74
At 12 months	17.12	22.63	16.10	27.73	16.40	21.99	16.28	26.34
SF-36 physical score
Before	89.74	12.34	87.59	15.74	88.18	13.41	87.97	14.98
At 12 months	71.13	27.20	72.54	28.86	73.53	25.84	72.40	28.01
SF-36 mental score
Before	88.12	12.68	85.47	14.46	90.69	3.22	86.32	13.64
At 12 months	73.75	29.58	72.92	26.43	69.83	19.08	72.70	26.00

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