Table 5.
Relationship between alexithymia and somatic disorders.
| Somatization | Alexithymia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | |||
| Case | Control | Case | Control | |
| Absent | 13 (10.7%) | 126 (52.1%) | 59 (48.8%) | 93 (38.4%) |
| Present | 2 (1.7%) | 5 (2.1%) | 47 (38.8%) | 18 (7.4%) |
| Total | 15 (12.4%) | 131 (54.1%) | 106 (87.6%) | 111 (45.9%) |