Factor analysis results.

<p>PF, physical function; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social function; RE, role-emotional; MH, mental health.</p><p>Factor analysis results.</p

The structural equation modeling of the factors that influence QOL among Chinese MSM.

<p>Path diagram illustrating the relationships between demographic and social support factors and QOL in Chinese MSM. Social support had the greatest impact on QOL, and demographic characteristics appeared to influence the likelihood of receiving social support.</p

Comparison of hypothetical and actual factor loadings.

<p>Correlation coefficient (<i>r</i>): <i>r</i> ≥ 0.70; * 0.70 > <i>r</i> > 0.30; <b><i>–</i></b><i>r</i> ≤ 0.30</p><p>PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary; PF, physical function; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social function; RE, role-emotional ; MH, mental health.</p

Internal uniform reliability and correlation coefficient of the SF-36 questionnaire.

<p>^*<i>P</i> < 0.01. PF, physical function; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social function; RE, role-emotional ; MH, mental health.</p

Collective validity and divisional validity of the SF-36 questionnaire.

<p>PF, physical function; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social function; RE, role-emotional ; MH, mental health.</p><p>a: Items per scale. b: Number of correlations between items and hypothesised scale corrected for overlap >0.40/total number of collective validity tests. c: Number of correlations significantly higher/total number of divisional validity tests.</p><p>*For collective validity, success means correlations between items and hypothesized scale corrected for overlap >0.40, and for divisional validity success means items in a dimension were more highly correlated with their hypothesized dimension than with other dimensions </p