Association among activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and health-related quality of life in elderly Yi ethnic minority

Table 3 Descriptive data of eight domains and total score of SF-36 scale among different age groups

Domain	60–64 year group	65–69 year group	70–74 year group	75–79 year group	80–84 year group	P value	Total sample
PF	68.0 ± 23.3	56.1 ± 20.3	55.2 ± 22.4	54.4 ± 21.5	36.6 ± 24.2^a	0.000	57.5 ± 23.2
RP	45.8 ± 36.8	32.4 ± 36.8	32.3 ± 36.8	33.3 ± 40.2	30.3 ± 43.8	0.124	35.9 ± 37.8
BP	46.9 ± 16.3	44.7 ± 10.2	46.4 ± 11.5	46.7 ± 13.8	49.3 ± 13.8	0.683	46.3 ± 13.5
GH	50.2 ± 16.5	44.6 ± 14.9	44.0 ± 12.3	46.0 ± 12.6	43.7 ± 17.9	0.078	46.1 ± 14.8
VT	57.7 ± 15.1	54.3 ± 10.1	54.4 ± 10.8	59.3 ± 12.5	51.3 ± 17.0	0.051	55.8 ± 12.7
SF	61.4 ± 15.7	62.8 ± 13.7	63.8 ± 14.8	63.3 ± 17.4	61.2 ± 23.9	0.890	62.6 ± 15.8
RE	49.8 ± 40.3	38.8 ± 40.4	41.5 ± 40.4	40.7 ± 44.3	29.8 ± 41.4	0.291	42.0 ± 41.1
MH	56.4 ± 14.2	56.4 ± 13.4	56.7 ± 12.0	60.6 ± 13.9	58.3 ± 13.3	0.442	57.2 ± 13.4
Physical health	51.2 ± 8.2	46.9 ± 7.0	46.8 ± 6.4	47.1 ± 7.4	43.2 ± 8.5^a	0.000	47.8 ± 7.7
Mental health	46.0 ± 6.5	45.2 ± 5.1	45.4 ± 5.1	47.3 ± 6.7	44.6 ± 6.2	0.265	45.8 ± 5.8
Total score of SF-36 scale	48.6 ± 6.6	46.0 ± 5.2	46.1 ± 4.5	47.2 ± 6.0	43.9 ± 6.6^a	0.005	46.8 ± 5.8

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