Associations between (sub) clinical stress- and anxiety symptoms in mentally healthy individuals and in major depression: a cross-sectional clinical study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the study sample

	Undergraduate Students	Postgraduate Students	Employees	Patients with depression
N	233	71	108	77
Age (in years)^a	21,65 (2,46) ^**##††	26,41 (5,01) ^##††	40,66 (9,96)^††	31,42 (13,58)
Sex: female (%)	158 (49,4)	43 (13,4)	62 (19,4)	57 (17,8)
SSQ-25^a	63.01 (16.65)^**#	47.92 (17.35)^#†	56.48 (21.35)	63.10 (15.56)
BAI^a	(N = 232), 38.97 (9.79)^**##	32.41 (8.78)^†	(N = 99), 33.91 (11.16)^†	38.43 (9.66)
STAI Y trait aspect^a	(N = 231), 46.71 (6.16)	47.87 (6.19)	(N = 99), 47.67 (5.23)	46.82 (6.56)

^aData presented as mean (standard deviation); SSQ-25: Subclinical stress symptom questionnaire 25; BAI: Beck anxiety inventory; STAI Y trait aspect: State trait anxiety inventory Y trait subscale
Posthoc multiple comparisons of quantitative data were conducted with Scheffe test
**statistically significant differences in mean value in comparison to postgraduate students (P ≤ 0.001)
#statistically significant differences in mean value in comparison to employees (P < 0.05)
##statistically significant differences in mean value in comparison to employees (P ≤ 0.001)
†statistically significant differences in mean value in comparison to patients with depression (P < 0.05)
††statistically significant differences in mean value in comparison to patients with depression (P ≤ 0.001)

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