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. 2015 Nov 10;2:28. doi: 10.1186/s40779-015-0058-x

Table 1.

Risk factors for presence of depressive symptoms

Risk factor Low riska [n(%b)] High riska[n(%b)] P value from univariate analysis P value from binary logistic regression Total [n(%b)]
Gender 0.87* 0.244
 Male 55 (61.8 %) 36 (63.2 %) 91(62 %)
 Female 34 (38.2 %) 21 (36.8 %) 55(38 %)
Academic performance
 High 17(19.1 %) 10 (18.5 %) 0.67* 0.396 27(18 %)
 Average 57 (64 %) 34 (62.3 %) 81(64 %)
 Low 15 (16.9 %) 13 (19.2 %) 28(18 %)
Year of training 0.45* 0.198
 1st 21 (23.6 %) 15 (26.3 %) 36(24.7 %)
 2nd 34 (38.2 %) 16 (28.1 %) 50(34.2 %)
 3rd 34 (38.2 %) 26 (45.6 %) 60(41.1 %)

* P value from Chi-square test

ahigh and low risk for the presence of depression according to Zung self-reporting depression scale

bpercentage within group