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Table 7 Comparison of psychiatric morbidity

From: Prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity in patients with first-episode acute coronary syndrome

Variable

 

No psychiatric morbidity

Psychiatric morbidity

Chi-square (p-value)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Cases

Controls

Total

Cases

Controls

Total

Sex

Males

56

89

145 (80.5)

56

23

79 (65.9)

8.250 (0.01)

Females

09

26

35 (19.5)

29

12

41 (34.1)

Marital status

Unmarried

05

04

09 (5.0)

02

03

05 (4.2)

10.85 (0.01)

Married

56

100

156 (86.6)

64

25

89 (74.1)

Separated

04

11

15 (8.4)

19

07

26 (21.7)

Residence

Rural

43

87

130 (72.2)

53

21

74 (61.7)

3.686 (0.06)

Urban

22

28

50 (27.8)

32

14

46 (38.3)

Socioeconomic status

Upper

07

15

22 (12.2)

12

02

14 (11.7)

1.368 (0.84)

Upper middle

10

16

26 (14.4)

10

08

18 (15.0)

Lower middle

25

44

69 (38.3)

29

13

42 (35.0)

Upper lower

20

36

56 (31.2)

29

09

38 (31.7)

Lower

03

04

07 (3.9)

05

03

08 (6.6)

Family structure

Nuclear

30

54

84 (46.6)

40

12

52 (43.3)

9.228 (0.01)

Joint

08

17

25 (13.9)

22

11

33 (27.5)

Extended nuclear

27

44

71 (39.5)

23

12

35 (29.2)

Educational background

Illiterate

23

30

53 (29.4)

28

12

40 (33.3)

0.509 (0.47)

Literate

42

85

127 (70.6)

57

23

80 (66.7)

Occupation

Student

01

00

01 (0.5)

00

01

01 (0.8)

6.44 (0.16)

Unemployed

10

13

23 (12.7)

16

08

24 (20.0)

Unskilled work

08

22

30 (16.7)

18

06

24 (20.0)

Skilled

36

63

99 (55.0)

43

19

62 (51.7)

Professional

10

17

27 (15.0)

08

01

09 (7.5)

Co-morbid medical illness

Present

55

72

127 (70.6)

79

31

110 (91.7)

19.34 (0.01)

Absent

10

43

53 (29.4)

06

04

10 (8.3)

Family history of psychiatric illness

Present

25

45

70 (38.9)

61

32

93 (77.5)

43.26 (0.01)

Absent

40

70

110 (61.1)

24

03

27 (22.5)

Smoking status

Present

14

35

49 (27.2)

33

22

55 (45.8)

11.01 (0.01)

Absent

51

80

131 (72.8)

52

13

65 (54.2)

No. of psychiatric diagnoses

Zero

34

85

119 (66.1)

31

30

61 (50.8)

9.50 (0.01)

One

24

30

54 (30.0)

42

04

46 (38.3)

More than one

07

00

07 (3.9)

12

01

13 (10.9)