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Table 1 Risk factors for presence of depressive symptoms

From: Depression in military medicine cadets: a cross-sectional study

Risk factor

Low riska [n(%b)]

High riska[n(%b)]

P value from univariate analysis

P value from binary logistic regression

Total [n(%b)]

Gender

  

0.87*

0.244

 

 Male

55 (61.8 %)

36 (63.2 %)

  

91(62 %)

 Female

34 (38.2 %)

21 (36.8 %)

  

55(38 %)

Academic performance

     

 High

17(19.1 %)

10 (18.5 %)

0.67*

0.396

27(18 %)

 Average

57 (64 %)

34 (62.3 %)

  

81(64 %)

 Low

15 (16.9 %)

13 (19.2 %)

  

28(18 %)

Year of training

  

0.45*

0.198

 

 1st

21 (23.6 %)

15 (26.3 %)

  

36(24.7 %)

 2nd

34 (38.2 %)

16 (28.1 %)

  

50(34.2 %)

 3rd

34 (38.2 %)

26 (45.6 %)

  

60(41.1 %)

  1. * P value from Chi-square test
  2. ahigh and low risk for the presence of depression according to Zung self-reporting depression scale
  3. bpercentage within group