Table 4

 Quality of life at baseline according to age group and sex in the study group (Study) and a reference group17 (Ref)

60–64 years65–69 years70–74 years>75 years
StudyRefStudyRefStudyRefStudyRef
F, female; M, male.
Data are means.
Total (M/F)181/7769/73124/11958/119125/20167/188146/181118/165
Emotional reaction (M/F)32/1216/1911/814/2414/3020/3416/2129/44
Sleep (M/F)35/228/1033/339/2131/447/1627/3614/26
Energy (M/F)52/3010/1040/405/1346/619/1552/5913/17
Pain (M/F)17/520/2015/1020/397/1717/3013/1831/30
Physical mobility (M/F)27/87/622/213/622/354/1129/3410./12
Social isolation (M/F)19/08/93/67/185/1410/1710/1321/36