Table 2.

Distribution of stress among respondents before and during examination

	Male (n = 570)			(Female (n = 795)
Stress	Before Examination N (%)	During Examination N (%)	P-value	Before Examination N (%)	During Examination N (%)	P-value
Low	395 (69.3)	351 (61.6)	0.007**	516 (64.9)	453 (57.0)	0.001***
High	175 (30.7)	219 (38.4)		279 (35.1)	342 (43.0)

^**P < 0.01, significant at 1%,

^***P>0.001, significant at 0.1%