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. 2024 Apr 24;12:227. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01737-2

Table 8.

Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with the covariates age, gender and country

Variable F(df)
Personal impact anxiety (PIA)
Age F(1, 1533) = 30.86, p < .001
Gender F(1, 1533) = 25.17, p < .001
Country F(1, 1533) = 0.90, p = .342
Interaction (Age and Gender) F(1, 1533) = 6.37, p = .01
Age group * gender Male Female
EMMeans (CI) EMMeans (CI)
Group 1 0.58 (0.49, 0.66) 0.84 (0.80, 0.89)
Group 2 0.60 (0.48, 0.72) 0.64 (0.54, 0.74)
Group 3 0.48 (0.37, 0.59) 0.58 (0.47, 0.68)
Group 4 0.55 (0.39, 0.72) 0.61 (0.48, 0.73)
Affective symptoms (AS)
Age F(1, 1533) = 13.73, p < .001
Gender F(1, 1533) = 17.73, p < .001
Country F(1, 1533) = 1.65, p = .199
Interaction (Age and Gender) F(1, 1533) = 1.87, p = .171

Note. Group 1, 14 to 30 years; Group 2, 31 to 45 years; Group 3, 46 to 60 years; Group 4, 61 to 89 years.; EMMeans, Estimated Marginal Means; CI, Confidence Interval