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Table 2 Univariate analyses of clinical characteristics and SSD

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 = 2206)

Elderly(n = 6814)

SSD

Non-SSD

X2

P Value

SSD

Non-SSD

X2

P Value

Gender

  

33.816

 < .001

  

76.701

 < .001

 Male

251(36.2)

442(63.8)

  

1453(56.6)

1114(43.4)

  

 Female

747(49.5)

762(50.5)

  

2842(67.2)

1389(32.8)

  

Age group

  

-

-

  

39.444

 < .001

 60–69

-

-

  

1964(59.6)

1331(40.4)

  

 70–79

-

-

  

1720(65.6)

900(34.4)

  

  ≥ 80

-

-

  

623(69.3)

276(30.7)

  

Education

  

18.415

 < .001

  

4.793

.188

 Middle school and below

312(46.6)

358(53.4)

  

2233(64.1)

1248(35.9)

  

 High school

316(51.2)

301(48.8)

  

1234(61.4)

776(38.6)

  

 College

350(40.7)

509(59.3)

  

797(63.2)

465(36.8)

  

 Master and above

20(35.7)

36(64.3)

  

31(68.9)

14(31.1)

  

Marital status

  

1.638

.651

  

15.136

.002

 Never married

71(41.3)

101(58.7)

  

192(62.5)

115(37.5)

  

 Married

837(45.4)

1005(54.6)

  

3666(62.5)

2202(37.5)

  

 Divorced

11(47.8)

12(52.2)

  

67(74.4)

23(25.6)

  

 Widowed

79(47.9)

86(52.1)

  

370(69.4)

163(30.6)

  

Hypertension

  

40.444

 < .001

  

40.384

 < .001

 Yes

243(59.4)

166(40.6)

  

2415(66.7)

1206(33.3)

  

 No

756(42.1)

1041(57.9)

  

1892(59.3)

1301(40.7)

  

Diabetes mellitus

  

33.488

 < .001

  

54.448

 < .001

 Yes

124(65.3)

66(34.7)

  

1222(70.6)

509(29.4)

  

 No

875(43.4)

1141(56.6)

  

3085(60.7)

1998(39.3)

  

Cardio/Cerebrovascular disease

  

55.192

 < .001

  

307.888

 < .001

 Yes

114(74.0)

40(26.0)

  

1521(79.6)

389(20.4)

  

 No

885(43.1)

1167(56.9)

  

2786(56.8)

2118(43.2)

  

Endocrine and metabolic disease except DM

 

0.126

.722

  

6.875

.009

 Yes

7(50.0)

7(50.0)

  

59(77.6)

17(22.4)

  

 No

992(45.3)

1200(54.7)

  

4248(63.0)

2490(37.0)

  

Other diseases

  

8.728

.003

  

17.632

 < .001

 Yes

21(72.4)

8(27.6)

  

100(81.3)

23(18.7)

  

 No

978(44.9)

1199(55.1)

  

4207(62.9)

2484(37.1)

  

Surgery

  

2.882

.090

  

3.343

.067

 Yes

4(100.0)

0(0.0)

  

55(73.3)

20(26.7)

  

 No

995(45.2)

1207(54.8)

  

4252(63.1)

2487(36.9)

  

Antipsychotic

  

7.611

.006

  

47.229

 < .001

 Yes

8(100.0)

0(0.0)

  

138(89.6)

16(10.4)

  

 No

991(45.1)

1207(54.9)

  

4169(62.6)

2491(37.4)

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