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Table 4 Physical and mental health and well-being scores by cumulative number of LE/s

From: The impact of life events on adult physical and mental health and well-being: longitudinal analysis using the GoWell health and well-being survey

Number of life eventsa

Total frequency (n)

Health outcome measuresa

SF-12 MCS

SF-12 PCS

WEMWBS

Mean (SD)

0

214

52.8 (9.1)

43.8 (14.2)

52.2 (8.1)

1

338

50.4 (11.0)

43.3 (13.8)

50.7 (9.2)

2

260

49.3 (11.9)

41.1 (15.3)

49.7 (10.3)

3

159

47.2 (12.8)*

41.3 (15.3)

46.7 (11.8)**,†

4

76

44.7 (14.3)*

38.8 (15.0)

45.9 (13.0)**,†

5

18

49.3 (11.4)

41.0 (15.9)

46.4 (14.8)

6

4

47.3 (8.9)

51.3 (9.1)

53.0 (7.6)

7

1

52.0

54.5

57.0

  1. * Significantly lower SF-12 MCS than 0 LE (p = 0.001)
  2. ** Significantly lower WEMWBS than 0 LE (p ≤ 0.001)
  3. Significantly lower WEMWBS than the occurrence of 1 LE (p < 0.05)
  4. aData collected at wave 3, 2011