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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical features

From: Prevalence and characteristics of somatic symptom disorder in the elderly in a community-based population: a large-scale cross-sectional study in China

Subgroup

Non-Elderly

n(%)

Elderly

n(%)

X2

P Value

Gender

  

28.432

 < .001

 Male

693(31.5)

2567(37.8)

  

 Female

1509(68.5)

4231(62.2)

  

Education

  

504.549

 < .001

 Middle school and below

670(30.4)

3481(51.2)

  

 High school

617(28.0)

2010(29.6)

  

 College

859(39.1)

1262(18.5)

  

 Master and above

56(2.5)

45(0.7)

  

Marital status

  

36.605

 < .001

 Never married

172(7.8)

307(4.5)

  

 Married

1842(83.7)

5868(86.4)

  

 Divorced

23(1.0)

90(1.3)

  

 Widowed

165(7.5)

533(7.8)

  

Hypertension

  

807.174

 < .001

 Yes

409(18.5)

3621(53.1)

  

 No

1797(81.5)

3193(46.9)

  

Diabetes mellitus

  

280.303

 < .001

 Yes

190(8.6)

1731(25.4)

  

 No

2016(91.4)

5083(74.6)

  

Cardio/Cerebrovascular disease

  

418.438

 < .001

 Yes

154(7.0)

1910(28.0)

  

 No

2052(93.0)

4904(72.0)

  

Endocrine and metabolic disease except DM

 

3.899

.048

 Yes

14(0.6)

76(1.1)

  

 No

2192(99.4)

6738(98.9)

  

Other diseases

  

2.420

.120

 Yes

29(1.3)

123(1.8)

  

 No

2177(98.7)

6691(98.2)

  

Surgery

  

16.224

 < .001

 Yes

4(0.2)

75(1.1)

  

 No

2202(99.8)

6739(98.9)

  

Antipsychotics

  

34.016

 < .001

 Yes

8(0.4)

154(2.3)

  

 No

2198(99.6)

6660(97.7)

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