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. 2008 Aug 28;9:48. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-48

Table 3.

Psychological, musculoskeletal and digestive symptoms in percentages of male and female affected residents and members of the comparison group attending their FP at least once per year, one year pre-disaster (year 0) and five years post-disaster (years 1 through 5).

Psychological symptoms Male Female
affected comparison affected comparison
Pre-disaster year 0 12,9 10,9 19,1 14,9
Post-disaster year 1 40,8*** 11,5 55,1*** 18,4
year 2 24,6*** 12,8 33,5*** 16,9
year 3 24,0*** 13,7 33,4** 20,4
year 4 19,0* 12,7 28,8 20,8
year 5 16,9 13,2 24,3 17,3

Musculoskeletal symptoms Male Female
affected comparison affected comparison

Pre-disaster year 0 23,0 19,8 29,1 23,9
Post-disaster year 1 25,4 19,8 31,1 24,2
year 2 22,8 18,8 30,7 24,8
year 3 22,2 19,6 31,3 24,4
year 4 20,1 19,4 27,1 24,4
year 5 20,7 17,7 28,5 23,6

Digestive symptoms Male Female
affected comparison affected comparison

Pre-disaster year 0 12,2 10,1 14,9 14,1
Post-disaster year 1 12,9 9,4 18,1 14,3
year 2 11,9 9,6 16,6 13,3
year 3 12,9 10,4 16,8 14,6
year 4 13,2 11,7 18,7 15,4
year 5 11,5 11,3 16,6 14,7

* P < .05, year compared with year 0

** P < .01, year compared with year 0

*** P < .001, year compared with year 0