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. 2005 Sep 6;3:53. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-53

Table 1.

Demographic data and SpREUK-P scores of 354 subjects

CRP ExP USP HuP NoP
% (45.5 ± 27.6) (60.9 ± 18.3) (32.0 ± 24.0) (74.4 ± 20.0) (69.9 ± 18.7)
sex * (*)
female 71 46.6 ± 27.3 62.4 ± 18.1 31.8 ± 24.9 74.7 ± 19.8 71.0 ± 18.3
male 29 42.5 ± 29.0 56.9 ± 18.2 32.1 ± 22.2 73.4 ± 19.9 67.1 ± 19.5

age * *
< 30 years 4 34.0 ± 32.8 57.4 ± 21.2 21.4 ± 19.1 74.5 ± 23.1 61.1 ± 22.9
30–49 years 54 41.5 ± 27.1 60.6 ± 18.3 32.5 ± 24.8 75.8 ± 18.6 69.0 ± 18.1
50–69 years 35 51.8 ± 27.2 62.8 ± 17.7 33.4 ± 23.9 74.8 ± 19.1 71.4 ± 19.7
> 70 years 6 50.7 ± 25.8 55.9 ± 20.4 25.4 ± 19.1 60.5 ± 28.4 74.2 ± 14.3

marital status * **
married 59 47.8 ± 27.1 58.3 ± 17.5 29.1 ± 21.3 74.0 ± 21.2 68.5 ± 18.6
living with partner 13 37.6 ± 23.6 65.6 ± 16.3 32.9 ± 24.9 78.7 ± 16.7 70.4 ± 18.9
divorced 9 48.6 ± 26.8 72.2 ± 18.1 38.9 ± 28.7 74.1 ± 18.6 78.1 ± 19.7
alone 16 38.2 ± 30.6 59.4 ± 22.0 34.1 ± 27.3 73.1 ± 19.3 67.6 ± 19.3
widowed 3 57.4 ± 30.5 56.1 ± 11.3 26.6 ± 21.9 71.3 ± 19.1 71.5 ± 13.7

education1 ** ** ** (*)
level 1 14 44.3 ± 26.1 52.3 ± 18.6 20.1 ± 19.7 67.4 ± 22.8 66.4 ± 22.7
level 2 24 38.2 ± 24.6 57.5 ± 17.4 24.3 ± 17.6 74.1 ± 20.0 70.9 ± 17.7
level 3 40 52.3 ± 28.8 63.5 ± 17.5 38.6 ± 26.4 76.0 ± 18.8 69.2 ± 18.0
other 13 36.8 ± 24.8 67.0 ± 17.6 34.3 ± 21.6 76.5 ± 19.6 75.0 ± 18.1

disease (*) * ** ** *
Healthy 50 47.3 ± 28.8 62.3 ± 16.6 36.5 ± 25.3 78.4 ± 15.8 70.5 ± 19.0
Chronic diseases 12 41.6 ± 27.2 64.7 ± 20.9 35,5 ± 26.6 78.4 ± 22.0 73.9 ± 17.3
Multiple Sclerosis 11 36.2 ± 28.3 51.9 ± 17.9 16.2 ± 15.3 68.3 ± 27.8 60.3 ± 20.7
Cancer 26 46.4 ± 25.5 60.1 ± 19.5 28.6 ± 20.5 68.0 ± 20.4 72.2 ± 16.3

religious affiliation ** *
Christian 84 50.4 ± 26.2 61.0 ± 17.5 31.8 ± 23.1 74.1 ± 19.9 70.0 ± 19.1
Others2 3 38.3 ± 32.6 73.8 ± 18.9 46.0 ± 35.7 72.2 ± 15.5 76.6 ± 13.3
None 13 16.0 ± 15.4 55.8 ± 20.8 29.4 ± 27.0 77.1 ± 20.6 67.6 ± 17.5

spiritual attitude ** ** ** * **
R+S+ 47 57.3 ± 24.3 66.8 ± 17.0 42.4 ± 22.2 76.5 ± 18.2 72.8 ± 16.8
R+S- 25 51.3 ± 25.2 55.3 ± 15.5 19.6 ± 15.6 70.5 ± 22.2 67.6 ± 18.0
R-S+ 12 22.9 ± 18.7 65.5 ± 16.1 42.2 ± 26.7 78.0 ± 16.4 75.5 ± 14.7
R-S- 17 18.8 ± 16.2 47.6 ± 18.1 12.2 ± 15.3 71.1 ± 21.8 61.9 ± 19.6

1 Increasing educational level (based on German school system): 1 = secondary education (Hauptschule), 2 = secondary education (junior high; Realschule), 3 = high school education (Gymnasium).

2 Islam, Buddhism, "Christengemeinschaft" and some not-specified confessions. Scores are significantly different (** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; (*) 0.05 < p < 0.10; ANOVA).

Deviations of >15% from the mean were highlighted.