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Table 2 Frequency of Symptoms at first panic attack (N = 830)

From: The development of agoraphobia is associated with the symptoms and location of a patient's first panic attack

Place of first PA

Total

1 At home

2 office, school

3 driving

4 train, bus

5. outside of home

statistical value

p-value (place of 5 group)

  

(N = 830)

(N = 308)

(N = 128)

(N = 100)

(N = 128)

(N = 166)

F or chi-square

 

First PA symptom (DSM-IV), N(%)

I

Palpitations

745 (89.8)

273 (88.6)

117 (91.4)

89 (89.0)

116 (90.6)

150 (90.4)

1.033

0.905

II

Sweating

420 (50.7)

134 (43.6)

69 (53.9)

59 (59.0)

78 (60.9)

80 (48.5)

15.081

0.005

III

Trembling

426 (51.3)

167 (54.2)

63 (49.2)

58 (58.0)

56 (43.8)

82 (49.4)

6.231

0.183

IV

Smothering

597 (71.9)

229 (74.4)

88 (68.8)

72 (72.0)

85 (66.4)

123 (74.1)

3.855

0.426

V

Feeling of choking

402 (48.4)

157 (51.0)

53 (41.4)

49 (49.0)

60 (46.9)

83 (50.0)

3.627

0.459

VI

Chest pain

237 (28.6)

98 (31.8)

45 (35.2)

21 (21.0)

24 (18.8)

49 (29.5)

13.247

0.01

VII

Nausea

273 (32.9)

95 (30.8)

43 (33.6)

37 (37.0)

51 (39.8)

47 (28.3)

5.757

0.218

VIII

Feeling dizzy

431 (51.9)

143 (46.4)

71 (55.5)

60 (60.0)

59 (46.1)

98 (59.0)

12.09

0.017

IX

Derealization

250 (30.1)

92 (29.9)

43 (33.6)

33 (33.0)

35 (27.3)

47 (28.3)

1.863

0.761

X

Going crazy

428 (51.7)

170 (55.4)

55 (43.0)

59 (59.0)

65 (50.8)

79 (47.9)

8.71

0.069

XI

Fear of dying

454 (54.7)

195 (63.3)

51 (39.8)

56 (56.0)

62 (48.4)

90 (54.2)

22.729

< 0.001

XII

Paresthesia

248 (29.9)

105 (34.1)

34 (26.6)

29 (29.0)

36 (28.1)

44 (26.5)

4.406

0.354

XIII

Chills or hot flushes

247 (29.8)

101 (32.8)

33 (25.8)

23 (23.0)

37 (28.9)

53 (31.9)

4.928

0.295

Total number (1-13)

6.21 ± 2.82

6.33 ± 2.78

5.99 ± 2.87

6.50 ± 2.67

5.97 ± 3.05

6.19 ± 2.77

0.826

0.509