Table 1.
Participant characteristics: mean (M) ± standard error (SD).1
| CTL (M ± SE) | NMEL (M ± SE) | MEL (M ± SE) | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 35.69 ± 1.16 | 34.98 ± 1.56 | 37.28 ± 2.07 | 0.657 |
| Gender | 52F/42M | 17F/15M | 25F/15M | 0.675 |
| SIGH-D | n/a | 18.78 ± 0.68 | 21.50 ± 0.69 | 0.007 |
| DASS-D | 2.13 ± 0.25 | 21.70 ± 2.04 | 31.66 ± 1.39 | <0.0013 |
| DASS-A | 1.19 ± 0.19 | 9.30 ± 1.79 | 15.23 ± 2.15 | <0.0013 |
| DASS-S | 4.54 ± 0.47 | 19.00 ± 1.83 | 23.93 ± 1.88 | <0.0013 |
| CORE | n/a | 3.45 ± 0.53 | 7.18 ± 0.86 | <0.0013 |
1M ± SE values based on original – not imputed data – data before propensity score matching of patient groupings; 2p-value refers to that for omnibus ANOVA, or for SIGH-D and CORE, an independent-samples t-test; 3post hoc tests revealed that all groups differ from each other, Tukey’s HSD p < 0.05.