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Table 2 Correlation between Patient Characteristics and Somatization (N = 871)

From: Clinical features of outpatients with somatization symptoms treated at a Japanese psychosomatic medicine clinic

  

Crude OR(95% CI)

p value

Adjusted ORa(95% CI)

p value

Academic history (N = 813)

College or above (reference)

1.00

 

1.00

 

High school or under

1.19(0.87–1.63)

0.27

1.17(0.85–1.63)

0.34

Visit at patient’s initiative (N = 868)

Negative (reference)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Positive

0.74(0.55–1.00)

0.05

0.75(0.56–1.00)

0.05

Referral form (N = 871)

Negative (reference)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Positive

1.47(1.09–1.97)

0.01

1.46(1.09–1.98)

0.01

Marital history (N = 728)

Negative (reference)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Positive

1.12(0.81–1.53)

0.50

1.20(0.79–1.82)

0.38

Continued treatmentafter first visit (N = 763)

Negative (reference)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Positive

1.28(0.91–1.78)

0.15

1.24(0.89–1.75)

0.20

  1. aAdjusted by age and sex