Health-related quality of life and impact of antiviral treatment in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan

Table 3 Characteristics and mean scores of Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Questionnaire in 47 CH-C subjects before initiation of antiviral treatment

Items	Overallsubjects(n = 47)	Non-sustainedvirologicalresponder(n = 26)	Sustainedvirologicalresponder(n = 21)	P
Age (yr)	48.6±10.9	48.9±11.6	48.1±10.2	0.974
Sex (male:female)	41:06:00	24:02:00	17:04	0.386
General health	56.3±18.1	54.2±20.2	58.9±15.1	0.577
Physical functioning	74.6±15.8	75.0±11.3	74.0±20.3	0.352
Role-physical	77.7±34.7	76.9±30.8	78.6±39.8	0.343
Role-emotional	74.5±38.2	73.1±37.7	76.2±39.6	0.631
Social functioning	73.4±14.6	69.7±14.7	78.1±13.4	0.072
Body pain	73.5±18.8	71.5±19.8	75.9±17.6	0.322
Vitality	56.8±17.0	52.9±15.9	61.7±17.4	0.067
Mental health	65.6±15.8	61.5±13.6	70.7±17.2	0.024

¹Mann–Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test.