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. 2018 Oct 3;10(10):1414. doi: 10.3390/nu10101414

Table 5.

Worries subscale data categorized by CD duration, GFD adherence, BMI and sociodemographic characteristics.

Categories Mean ± SD Median
(min–max)
p-Value 1
CD duration Over 3 years 19.1 ± 6.5 18.0 (7.0–35.0) 2 0.3352
Below 3 years 20.0 ± 6.7 20.0 (6.0–35.0) 2
GFD adherence 3 1 18.0 ± 2.8 18.0 (16.0–20.0) 2 0.2462
2 21.0 ± 7.1 21.0 (8.0–34.0) 2
3 19.1 ± 7.7 18.0 (8.0–34.0)
4 19.7 ± 6.3 19.0 (7.0–35.0)
0 14.3 ± 8.9 13.0 (6.0–33.0) 2
BMI category Underweight 19.8 ± 7.0 19.0 (8.0–35.0) 0.7485
Normal weight 19.6 ± 6.4 19.0 (6.0–35.0) 2
Overweight 19.5 ± 7.2 20.0 (7.0–33.0)
Place of residence Village 20.2 ± 7.2 20.0 (8.0–35.0) 0.0816
Town up to 100,000 residents 18.1 ± 6.0 18.0 (6.0–33.0)
Town over 100,000 residents 20.2 ± 6.6 20.0 (7.0–35.0)
Educational level Primary and Secondary 18.7 ± 6.9 17.5 (8.0–35.0) 2 0.7919
Postgraduate 19.7 ± 6.4 20.0 (6.0–34.0)
University degree 19.9 ± 6.6 19.0 (8.0–35.0) 2
Economic status Very bad and bad 14.8 ± 5.1 15.0 (6.0–24.0) 0.0015
Average 19.3 ± 6.7 19.0 (7.0–34.0) 2
Good and very good 20.9 ± 6.3 21.0 (8.0–35.0)

1 multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA); 2 non-parametric distribution (verified using Shapiro-Wilk test—p ≤ 0.05); 3 GFD (gluten-free diet) adherence: (1) very poor; (2) good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (at home or outside home); (3) very good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (only outside home); (4) excellent; (0) difficult to say.