Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of females and males in the RYCS according to the presence or absence of generalized anxiety disorder.

Variables	Females			Males
	No generalized anxiety disorder (N = 1496)	Generalized anxiety disorder (N = 140)	P-value	No generalized anxiety disorder (N = 1027)	Generalized anxiety disorder (N = 80)	P-value
Age, years, n (%)
≤ 20	373 (24.95%)	22 (15.71%)	0.032	328 (27.17%)	13 (16.25%)	0.005
21–30	657 (43.95%)	64 (45.71%)		546 (45.24%)	32 (40.00%)
≥ 31	465 (31.10%)	54 (38.57%)		333 (27.59%)	35 (43.75%)
Years of education, n (%)
≤ Median	905 (60.58%)	94 (67.14%)	0.127	765 (63.43%)	48 (60.00%)	0.537
> Median	589 (39.42%)	46 (32.86%)		441 (36.57%)	32 (40.00%)
Body mass index (BMI), n (%)
≤ 24.999	834 (55.90%)	71 (50.71%)	0.068	684 (56.91%)	40 (50.63%)	0.506
25–29.999	429 (28.75%)	37 (36.43%)		335 (27.87%)	24 (30.38%)
≥ 30	229 (15.35%)	32 (22.86%)		183 (15.22%)	15 (18.99%)
History of hypertension, n (%)
No	1452 (97.06%)	135 (96.43%)	0.676	1196 (99.09%)	77 (96.25%)	0.018
Yes	44 (2.94%)	5 (3.57%)		11 (0.91%)	3 (3.75%)
History of diabetes, n (%)
No	1401 (93.65%)	123 (87.86%)	0.009	1195 (99.01%)	80 (100%)	0.370
Yes	95 (6.35%)	17 (12.14%)		11 (0.97%)	0 (0.00%)
Alcohol consumption in past 12 months, n (%)
No	1467 (98.06%)	135 (96.43%)	0.195	822 (68.10%)	48 (60.00 5)	0.134
Yes	29 (1.94%)	5 (3.57%)		385 (31.90%)	32 (40.00%)
Cigarette smoking, n (%)
No	1493 (99.80%)	140 (100%)	0.022	1083 (89.73%)	60 (75.00%)	< 0.001
Yes	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.00%)		114 (10.04%)	20 (25.00%)
Opium consumption in past 12 months, n (%)
No	1433 (95.79%)	135 (96.43%)	0.717	1061 (87.90%)	60 (75.00%)	0.001
Yes	63 (4.21%)	5 (3.57%)		137 (12.07%)	20 (25.00%)
Physical activity, minutes per week. N (%)
No	935 (62.54%)	90 (64.29%)	0.918	553 (45.82%)	30 (37.50%)	0.341
≤ Median	339 (22.68%)	30 (21.43%)		277 (22.95%)	22 (27.50%)
> Median	221 (14.78%)	20 (14.29%)		377 (31.23%)	28 (35.00%)