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. 2013 Oct 17;8(10):e77918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077918

Table 2. Distribution of psychological distressa and poor self-rated healthb by levels of Type D subscales, Japan, 2010.

Men Women
Total Psychological distress (%) Poor self-rated health (%) Total Psychological distress (%) Poor self-rated health (%)
4000 1463 (36.6) 1133 (28.3) 5759 2485 (43.2) 1614 (28.0)
Negative affectivity c
0/0 341 8 (2.4) 44 (12.9) 378 20 (5.3) 43 (11.4)
1/1–2 105 8 (7.6) 12 (11.4) 388 45 (11.6) 57 (14.7)
2–3/3–5 321 23 (7.2) 54 (16.8) 719 131 (18.2) 121 (16.8)
4–6/6–8 544 94 (17.3) 114 (21.0) 827 250 (30.2) 163 (19.7)
7–10/9–12 773 226 (29.2) 187 (24.2) 1226 557 (45.4) 328 (26.8)
11–16/13–18 1453 728 (50.1) 473 (32.6) 1794 1118 (62.3) 659 (36.7)
17–28/19–28 463 376 (81.2) 249 (53.8) 427 364 (85.3) 243 (56.9)
P for trend <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
Social inhibition
0 118 11 (9.3) 12 (10.2) 157 19 (12.1) 20 (12.7)
1–3 340 35 (10.3) 51 (15.0) 458 82 (17.9) 7.3 (15.9)
4–7 599 105 (17.5) 94 (15.7) 915 241 (26.3) 152 (16.6)
8–11 870 264 (30.3) 214 (24.6) 1302 483 (37.1) 308 (23.7)
12–15 1163 501 (43.1) 342 (29.4) 1727 875 (50.7) 521 (30.2)
16–21 755 427 (56.6) 335 (44.4) 993 628 (63.2) 428 (43.1)
22–28 155 120 (77.4) 85 (54.8) 207 157 (75.9) 112 (54.1)
P for trend <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
a

Psychological distress denotes K6 score of 5 or higher.

b

Poor self-rated health denotes that participant answered either "Fair" or "Poor."

c

Cut-off for categories are different between men and women.