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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Allergy. 2012 Dec;42(12):1765–1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.04042.x

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Mental Disorders Among Adults Living in Germany in 1997 With and Without Physician Diagnosed Allergy

No allergy
(3324)
% (n)		 Allergy
(857)
% (n)		 χ 2, p-value a
Gender
Male 49.1%
(1632)		 32.8%
(281)		 χ2 = 73.0
p < 0.001b
Female 50.9%
(1692)		 67.2%
(576)
Age
18-34 30.2%
(1003)		 41.3%
(354)		 χ2 = 62.2
p < 0.001b
35-54 34.7%
(1153)		 36.4%
(312)
Over 55 35.1%
(1168)		 22.3%
(191)
SES
Lower 20.2%
(659)		 19.0%
(158)		 χ2 = 0.8
p < 0.7
Middle 57.5%
(1875)		 59.1%
(492)
High 22.3%
(729)		 22.0%
(183)

n = sample size; SES = Socioeconomic status

a

= 2-sided

b

= statistically significant