Mean (95% CI) SF-36 scores for participants in the surgical cohort, hypertrophy control cohort and normative female population
| SF-36 scale | Normative* | Hypertrophy control cohort | Surgical cohort | ||||
| (n=1551) | Baseline (n=160) | 12 months (n=124) | Preoperative (n=209) | 3 months postoperative (n=190) | 6 months postoperative (n=181) | 12 months postoperative (n=191) | |
| PF | 84.2 (83.2 to 85.2) | 64.7 (60.9 to 68.6) | 61.1 (56.7 to 65.7) | 61.0 (57.6 to 64.5) | 80.1 (76.9 to 83.3) | 80.8 (77.3 to 84.4) | 83.4 (80.2 to 86.5) |
| RP | 82.0 (80.7 to 83.3) | 58.3 (53.8 to 62.8) | 58.1 (53.0 to 63.0) | 56.0 (52.2 to 59.9) | 79.5 (76.1 to 82.9) | 81.1 (77.4 to 84.8) | 81.3 (77.7 to 84.9) |
| BP | 73.0 (71.9 to 74.1) | 39.8 (36.3 to 40.4) | 37.9 (34.2 to 41.7) | 38.5 (35.6 to 41.5) | 67.4 (63.9 to 70.8) | 67.6 (63.6 to 71.7) | 71.6 (67.9 to 75.2) |
| GH | 70.2 (69.1 to 71.4) | 49.7 (46.3 to 53.1) | 49.8 (46.0 to 54.0) | 57.9 (55.0 to 60.9) | 69.1 (66.3 to 72.0) | 69.5 (66.6 to 72.4) | 70.4 (67.7 to 73.1) |
| VT | 57.3 (56.2 to 58.3) | 36.7 (33.6 to 39.8) | 35.1 (31.3 to 38.8) | 39.7 (37.0 to 42.5) | 57.7 (54.8 to 60.6) | 58.6 (55.8 to 61.3) | 58.9 (56.1 to 61.7) |
| SF | 82.6 (81.3 to 83.8) | 55.2 (50.6 to 59.8) | 55.1 (50.1 to 59.9) | 57.1 (53.3 to 60.9) | 78.8 (75.0 to 82.5) | 79.4 (75.6 to 83.2) | 81.4 (78.1 to 84.7) |
| RE | 88.3 (87.2 to 89.3) | 62.8 (58.0 to 67.5) | 60.2 (55.4 to 65.7) | 61.7 (57.8 to 65.7) | 80.1 (76.5 to 83.7) | 82.3 (78.9 to 85.7) | 84.6 (81.4 to 87.7) |
| MH | 77.0 (76.1 to 78.0) | 58.8 (55.2 to 62.5) | 56.1 (52.4 to 59.9) | 59.8 (57.0 to 62.5) | 73.7 (71.0 to 76.4) | 73.8 (71.1 to 76.5) | 74.3 (71.6 to 76.9) |
| PCS | 49.7 (49.2 to 50.2) | 39.6 (38.1 to 41.1) | 39.3 (37.5 to 41.1) | 39.7 (38.4 to 41.0) | 48.9 (47.6 to 50.3) | 49.0 (47.5 to 50.5) | 49.9 (48.4 to 51.3) |
| MCS | 47.6 (47.0 to 48.2) | 36.2 (33.8 to 38.6) | 35.1 (32.7 to 37.6) | 37.0 (35.2 to 38.8) | 45.4 (43.6 to 47.1) | 45.7 (44.0 to 47.4) | 46.2 (44.5 to 47.9) |
*Source: age-standardised normative data from the South Australian female population.29
BP, Bodily pain; GH, General health; MCS, Mental Component Summary; MH, Mental health; PCS, Physical Component Summary; PF, Physical function; RE, Role emotional; RP, Role physical; SF-36, Short Form-36; SF, Social function; VT, Vitality.