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Table 3 Main outcome measurements for the indices of the study a

From: Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

 

Boys

Girls

 
 

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

P

Psychosomatic symptoms

6.97

7.00

3.54

9.73

10.00

3.41

< 0.001

Musculoskeletal pain

3.12

3.00

2.51

4.27

4.00

2.71

< 0.001

Type D personality, NA × SI b

245.54

210.00

150.54

296.37

264.00

168.74

< 0.001

Type D personality, SI c

15.87

16.00

4.74

16.20

16.00

5.04

0.089

Type D personality, NA d

14.57

14.00

5.35

17.41

17.00

5.72

< 0.001

  1. aMeans, medians, SDs, 95% CIs, and quartiles, separated by boys and girls with p-values for sex differences.
  2. bType D personality total raw score based on the NA × SI interaction term.
  3. cSocial inhibition raw score.
  4. dNegative affectivity raw score.
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BMC Pediatrics

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