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. 2024 Jan 2;24:54. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17476-9

Table 4.

Mean concern scores according to health-related variables

Health-related variables Na (%b) Overall concern scores Direct concern scores Indirect concern scores
Mean ± SD P value Mean ± SD P value Mean ± SD P value
Subjective health level
 Good 180,339 (90.62) 3.77 ± 0.76 3.48 ± 0.94 3.97 ± 0.83
 Poor 27,767 (9.38) 4.04 ± 0.78  < 0.001 3.86 ± 1.00  < 0.001 4.15 ± 0.81  < 0.001
Subjective stress level
 High 45,814 (25.42) 3.91 ± 0.73 3.60 ± 0.95 4.11 ± 0.78
 Low 162,292 (74.58) 3.76 ± 0.78  < 0.001 3.49 ± 0.95  < 0.001 3.94 ± 0.84  < 0.001
Hypertension diagnosis
 Yes 57,998 (20.91) 3.93 ± 0.78 3.71 ± 0.97 4.08 ± 0.82
 No 150,108 (79.09) 3.76 ± 0.76  < 0.001 3.47 ± 0.94  < 0.001 3.96 ± 0.83  < 0.001
Diabetes diagnosis
 Yes 24,325 (8.96) 3.96 ± 0.78 3.75 ± 0.99 4.09 ± 0.82
 No 183,781 (91.04) 3.78 ± 0.77  < 0.001 3.49 ± 0.94  < 0.001 3.98 ± 0.83  < 0.001
Annual unmet healthcare needs
 Yes 10,497 (4.78) 3.86 ± 0.73 3.54 ± 0.96 4.08 ± 0.79
 No 181,264 (86.02) 3.82 ± 0.77 3.54 ± 0.95 4.00 ± 0.82
 N/A 16,345 (9.20) 3.61 ± 0.79  < 0.001 3.28 ± 0.94  < 0.001 3.82 ± 0.88  < 0.001

Range of mean scores: 1–5, Higher scores indicate higher levels of concern

aUnweighted

bWeighted