marginally significantP = 0.0872
The association was statistically significant for several SF-36 scales, bodily pain ( P = 0.0129), general health ( P = 0.0148), vitality ( P = 0.027) and social functioning ( P = 0.0198), and marginally significant for the role emotional scale ( P = 0.0872). 29 An observational study that used data from NHANES (2001–2004) also reported a significant adverse effect of hypertension awareness on HRQoL. 8 Recently, a population survey in southwestern Finland (2005–2006) reported that the physical component of HRQ