Table 7
Comparison of the SF-36 scale scores for different Chinese populations and the US norms
| Sample | PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Ren et al.17 †Lam et al.26 ‡Ware et al.9 | ||||||||
| Hangzhou | 82.2 (19.8) | 81.2 (33.6) | 81.5 (20.5) | 56.7 (20.2) | 52.0 (20.9) | 83.0 (17.8) | 84.4 (32.4) | 59.7 (22.7) |
| American Chinese* | 79.4 (23.4) | 67.5 (37.3) | 62.3 (21.9) | 58.8 (22.7) | 59.0 (20.3) | 75.1 (22.7) | 61.2 (43.7) | 63.9 (20.4) |
| Hong Kong† | 91.8 (12.9) | 82.4 (31.0) | 84.0 (21.9) | 56.0 (20.2) | 60.3 (18.6) | 91.2 (16.5) | 71.7 (38.4) | 72.8 (16.6) |
| US norm‡ | 84.2 (23.3) | 81.0 (34.0) | 75.2 (23.7) | 72.0 (20.3) | 60.9 (21.0) | 83.3 (22.7) | 81.3 (33.0) | 74.7 (18.0) |
