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. 2020 Aug 23;277:436–442. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.035

Table 2.

Demographic correlates of somatization in anxious and nonanxious individuals

Group A+S (n = 36) Group A (n = 55) Group S (n =48)
Wald df OR 95%CI p Wald df OR 95%CI p Wald df OR 95%CI p
Female 5.95 1 0.33* 0.14-0.81 0.015 0.04 1 1.08 0.55-2.12 0.835 0.05 1 0.91 0.389-2.124 0.825
Age 0.01 1 0.96 0.34-2.68 0.935 0.01 1 0.95 0.33-2.70 0.918 2.13 1 0.47 0.17-1.297 0.145
Overweight 0.56 1 0.73 0.33-1.65 0.455 0.00 1 1.00 0.52-1.94 0.993 0.98 1 0.69 0.331-1.437 0.322
Less educated 2.40 1 1.99 0.83-4.73 0.121 1.69 1 0.49 0.17-1.43 0.194 0.13 1 0.84 0.333-2.131 0.718
Married 1.23 1 1.79 0.64-5.02 0.268 2.13 1 0.53 0.22-1.25 0.144 1.00 1 1.50 0.678-3.319 0.317
Lower family income 1.88 1 1.70 0.80-3.62 0.170 0.91 1 1.33 0.74-2.38 0.341 1.17 1 1.43 0.746-2.758 0.280
Smoking 2.55 1 0.18 0.02-1.47 0.110 0.05 1 0.88 0.29-2.72 0.829 0.03 1 1.10 0.348-3.506 0.866
Drinking 0.15 1 1.19 0.49-2.90 0.703 2.75 1 1.76 0.90-3.44 0.097 0.78 1 1.39 0.672-2.859 0.377
History of chronic illnessa,b 13.49 1 4.80⁎⁎⁎ 2.08-11.07 0.000 0.10 1 1.16 0.46-2.92 0.755 5.39 1 2.40* 1.147-5.031 0.020
Having experienced the SARS
epidemic
1.78 1 0.59 0.27-1.28 0.183 0.31 1 1.18 0.66-2.12 0.580 3.24 1 1.86 0.946-3.658 0.072
Participating crisis intervention
before Mar 1
0.47 1 0.70 0.25-1.93 0.491 0.01 1 1.03 0.48-2.22 0.938 1.92 1 0.55 0.232-1.284 0.166

Note:

A: anxiety; S: somatization; A+S: anxiety comorbid somatization;

Overweight: BMI ≥24 kg/m², BMI=body mass index; SCL-90-SS: somatization subscale of SCL-90; Less educated: lower than high school level; Lower family income: annual family income ≤ 80,000 RMB.

Reference group= the Asymptomatic subgroup (OR=1.0).

p < 0.05

⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001

a

Group A+S significantly differs from Asympmatic Group.

b

Group S significantly differs from Asympmatic Group.