kende jan escribió:
> Dear all,
> I have a sample of patient with SDRA. I want to compare their SF 36 scores and the SF 36
> scores of general population. I think age and gender affect sf
> 36 scores. How can i do for comparison taking account age and gender.
> For the general population i have only means and standard deviation by sex and gender not raw data.
>
Perhaps you can transform the SF 36 scores in your sample into Z scores
(using the corresponding mean& sd by gender and age) and then use a one
sample t-test using as reference value 0.
HTH,
Marta
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