SF-36 Physical Component Summary score

There are 7 papers on SF-36 Physical Component Summary score in aging research: 2 trials and 5 observational studies in people.

Biomarker

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“scores in the bottom quartiles of PCS [hazard ratio (HR) compared with the top quartile = 2.39, 95% CI 1.85, 3.07]”
Trajectories of physical and mental functioning over 25 years before onset of frailty: results from the Whitehall II cohort studyJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2022doi:10.1002/jcsm.13129
  • Human trial2
  • Humans5

Associations

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Incident frailty

upin humans1HR 2.39

1 study
  1. SF-36 Physical Component Summary score is associated with incident frailty in humans (Bottom versus top quartile of PCS; FFP-defined frailty at older ages) (HR 2.39, 95% CI 1.85–3.07).

    “scores in the bottom quartiles of PCS [hazard ratio (HR) compared with the top quartile = 2.39, 95% CI 1.85, 3.07]”

    HumansBottom versus top quartile of PCS; FFP-defined frailty at older ages

    Trajectories of physical and mental functioning over 25 years before onset of frailty: results from the Whitehall II cohort study

    Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle

Mortality

downin humans1

1 study
  1. SF-36 Physical Component Summary score is linked with a lower risk of mortality in humans (incident lung cancer) (-16% hazard of death (p < 0.0001)).

    “An above average physical or mental component summary score was associated with 16 and 24% decreases in the hazard of death, respectively (p < 0.0001).”

    Humansincident lung cancer

    The prognostic value of pre-diagnosis health-related quality of life on survival: a prospective cohort study of older Americans with lung cancer

    Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

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