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Table 1 Characteristics of the population and patient groups showing means and standard deviations

From: Attention to bodily sensations and symptom perception in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance

Variablesa

Population group

Patient group

P valueb

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

Total

n

194 (34%)

377 (66%)

571

21 (13%)

140 (87%)

161

≤0.001

CSS-SHR

35.0 (9.2)

37.9 (8.4)

36.9 (8.8)

50.1 (4.8)

50.4 (5.4)

50.4 (5.3)

≤0.001

CHS

12.3 (6.9)

13.7 (6.8)

13.2 (6.9)

26.3 (5.6)

25.2 (6.3)

25.33 (6.2)

≤0.001

MUSS

2.2 (1.3)

2.3 (1.4)

2.3 (1.3)

3.5 (1.8)

3.9 (1.7)

3.8 (1.7)

≤0.001

CNSS

1.9 (1.3)

2.0 (1.3)

2.0 (1.3)

5.6 (1.4)

4.8 (1.9)

4.9 (1.9)

≤0.001

CSAS

0.27 (0.82)

0.43 (1.5)

0.38 (1.3)

6.52 (4.0)

6.15 (4.1)

6.20 (4.1)

≤0.001

SSAS

26.1 (6.2)

29.5 (5.8)

28.3 (6.2)

24.9 (5.5)

28.1 (6.9)

27.7 (6.8)

0.27

APQ

95.6 (42.2)

121.0 (50.3)

112.4 (49.2)

85.2 (55.9)

107.3 (48.0)

104.4 (49.5)

0.70

TAS

14.0 (6.6)

15.1 (6.7)

14.7 (6.6)

10.8 (6.3)

12.9 (7.7)

12.7 (7.6)

≤0.001

NAS

12.4 (9.0)

13.6 (9.0)

13.2 (9.0)

11.8 (9.5)

14.4 (9.9)

14.0 (9.9)

0.35

Age

50.1 (11.8)

47.1 (12.6)

48.1 (12.4)

50.9 (11.2)

53.3 (10.6)

53 (10.6)

≤0.01

  1. Number in parentheses is the standard deviation (SD)
  2. aSee Abbreviations Section at beginning of article for explanation of abbreviations
  3. bIndependent samples t test for equality of means between population and patient group