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. 2023 May 19;30(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s43045-023-00312-6

Table 5.

Summary of the Mann–Whitney U test correlation of the severity of symptoms of nosophobia and hypochondria between the studied females and males in the overall group and the division into research and control groups

Students Variable under test Sex U P
Male Female
N Mrang M N Mrang M
Non-medical Nosophobia 43 49.63 13 43 48.5 13 1134.0 0.245
Hypochondria 54 51.94 6 54 46.66 7
Medical Nosophobia 84 141.61 12 201 129.03 14 8325.5 0.063
Hypochondria 84 129.03 6 201 148.8 7
Total Nosophobia 127 175.07 7 255 199.68 7 14106.5 0.017
Hypochondria 127 172.59 7 255 200.92 7

N Number of observations, Me Median, Mrang—average rank, U Mann–Whitney U test value, p—significance