Table 2.
Demographic correlates of somatization in anxious and nonanxious individuals
Group A+S (n = 36) | Group A (n = 55) | Group S (n =48) | |||||||||||||
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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
Group A+S significantly differs from Asympmatic Group.
Group S significantly differs from Asympmatic Group.