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. 2018 Jan 29;9:6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00006

Table 1.

Sample description.

	No illegal acts (n = 279)		Illegal acts (n =103)

	n	%	n	%	χ²	df	p
Nationality
Spain	267	95.7	97	94.2	0.39	1	0.533
Other	12	4.3	6	5.8
Education level
Primary	163	58.4	57	55.3	1.97	2	0.373
Secondary	96	34.4	34	33.0
University	20	7.2	12	11.7
Civil status
Single or divorced	168	60.2	58	56.3	0.48	1	0.491
With a partner (married)	111	39.8	45	43.7
Employment
Unemployed	119	42.7	51	49.5	1.43	1	0.231
Employed	160	57.3	52	50.5
Socioeconomic status
High	5	1.8	2	1.9	2.10	2	0.349
Mean	137	49.1	42	40.8
Low	137	49.1	59	57.3

Numeric variables	No illegal acts (n = 279)					Illegal acts (n = 103)					T_{(df = 380)}	SE	p
Numeric variables		Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD

Age (years old)	18	75	42	42.70	14.08	19	75	39	39.73	12.25	1.89	1.47	0.059
Age of GD onset (years old)	12	70	28	30.23	12.12	13	67	26	26.79	10.07	2.49	1.27	0.013^a
GD duration (years)	1	27	3	5.86	6.38	1	25	6	8.27	7.42	3.03	0.85	0.003^a
Monthly income (€)	0	30,000	1,200	1,409	2,270	0	21,000	1,100	1,296	2,170	0.42	265.46	0.677
Maximum spent in a episode (€)	20	60,000	400	1,197	4,287	10	60,000	750	2,659	7,945	2.30	635.56	0.022^a
Average spent per episode (€)	10	5,000	25	155	512	3	5,000	30	171	516	0.27	59.12	0.787
Cumulate debts (€)	0	60,000	675	6,256	12,404	0	60,000	2,175	13,348	19,148	3.95	1794.46	<0.001^a
DSM-5 total criteria (α = 0.834)	4	9	7	6.45	2.26	4	9	8	7.77	1.33	5.58	0.24	<0.001^a
SOGS total score (α = 0.800)	2	17	10	10.17	3.02	4	19	13	12.57	2.76	7.01	0.34	<0.001^a

^aSignificant comparison (0.05 level).

Min, minimum; Max, maximum; df, degrees of freedom; α, Cronbach’s alpha in the sample.