Table 2

Total quality of life (QoL) scores and subscores for the very low birthweight (VLBW), the low birthweight (LBW) and the normal birthweight (NBW) groups

		VLBW (n=79)				LBW (n=110)			NBW (n=69)		Handicap/group 4 (n=22)
		Mean	Interquartile range			mean	Interquartile range		Mean	Interquartile range	Mean	Interquartile range
Objective QoL	0.78	0.73–0.85		0.79	0.72–0.88		0.81	0.78–0.88	0.72	0.63–0.82
EBN	0.76	0.68–0.86		0.76	0.65–0.86		0.77	0.67–0.87	0.59	0.49–0.67
WHR	0.80	0.72–0.89		0.82	0.77–0.89		0.84	0.78–0.94	0.73	0.61–0.83
MO	0.91	0.83–1.00		0.89	0.83–1.00		0.87	0.83–1.00	0.90	0.83–1.00
DEE	0.68	0.50–1.00		0.71	0.50–1.00		0.79	0.75–1.00	0.73	0.50–0.81
Subjective QoL	0.86	0.82–0.90		0.87	0.82–0.93		0.87	0.83–0.91	0.80	0.75–0.85
EBN	0.81	0.73–0.90		0.82	0.71–0.92		0.81	0.74–0.91	0.67	0.58–0.73
WHR	0.82	0.78–0.89		0.85	0.78–0.94		0.86	0.83–0.94	0.77	0.67–0.83
MO	0.91	0.83–1.00		0.89	0.83–1.00		0.87	0.83–1.00	0.90	0.83–1.00
DEE	0.93	1.00–1.00		0.95	1.00–1.00		0.95	1.00–1.00	0.93	0.94–1.00

Means are given to allow comparison with the 1971–74 cohort.
EBN, Elementary biological needs; WHR, warm human relations; MO, meaningful occupation; DEE, diverse and exciting experiences.