Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of sociodemographic variables in dentistry students and prevalence of anxiety

Sociodemographic variables				Anxiety presence absence
Variable	Categories	n	%	n (%)	n (%)
Gender	Female	304	75.4	175 (57.6)	129 (42.4)
	Male	99	24.6	54 (54.5)	45 (45.5)
Type of university	Public	133	33.0	61 (45.9)	72 (54.1)
	Private	270	67.0	168 (62.2)	102 (37.8)
Age (years)	≤ 23	254	63.0	152 (59.8)	102 (40.2)
	> 23	149	37.0	77 (51.7)	72 (48.3)
Marital status	Single	369	91.6	213 (57.7)	156 (42.3)
	Married or with partner	34	8.4	16 (47.1)	18 (52.9)
		Mean	SD
Age		23.19	4.2