Scores on the eight domains of the SF-36 questionnaire, by sex and gestational age at birth
| Domain | Male | Female | All | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preterm | Term | Preterm | Term | Preterm | Term | |
| p<0.05*. | ||||||
| Physical functioning | 94.4 (8.8)* | 98.0 (5.3) | 89.0 (17.1) | 93.4 (12.1) | 91.4 (14.3)* | 95.4 (10.0) |
| Role limit physical | 87.9 29.3) | 91.7 (23.1) | 86.4 (31.2) | 88.4 (28.6) | 87.0 (30.2) | 89.8 (26.2) |
| Role limit emotional | 88.6 (24.2) | 86.7 (29.8) | 74.2 (36.6) | 67.5 (43.1) | 80.6 (32.3) | 75.6 (39.0) |
| Social functioning | 92.4 (20.3) | 88.1 (23.7) | 82.3 (25.4) | 84.8 (20.5) | 86.8 (23.7) | 86.2 (21.8) |
| Mental health | 77.7 (15.6) | 75.6 (21.0) | 64.4 (21.0) | 66.9 (20.7) | 70.3 (19.9) | 70.6 (21.1) |
| Energy and vitality | 68.6 (17.9) | 65.3 (20.8) | 54.2 (23.3) | 54.6 (22.9) | 60.6 (22.2) | 59.2 (22.5) |
| Pain | 83.5 (19.5) | 87.8 (19.0) | 80.8 (25.8) | 84.8 (16.6) | 82.0 (23.2) | 86.1 (17.6) |
| General health perception | 70.9 (22.8)* | 81.7 (15.6) | 69.9 (23.9) | 66.7 (21.4) | 70.3 (23.3) | 73.0 (20.5) |