Association of psychological stress with other parameters
| No anxiety n (%) | Anxiety n (%) | Chi-square | p-value | No depression n (%) | Depression gn (%) | Chi-square | p-value | ||
| Gender | Male | 43 (66.2) | 16 (76.2) | 0.74 | 0.38 | 45 (66.2) | 14 (77.8) | 0.88 | 0.34 |
| Female | 22 (33.8) | 5 (23.8) | 23 (33.8) | 4 (22.2) | |||||
| Education# | Illiterate | 13 (20) | 8 (38.1) | – | 0.06 | 16 (23.5) | 5 (27.8) | – | 0.47 |
| Primary schooling | 19 (29.2) | 9 (42.9) | 21 (30.9) | 7 (38.9) | |||||
| Pre-university | 8 (12.3) | 0 (0) | 8 (11.8) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Graduate | 25 (38.5) | 4 (19) | 23 (33.8) | 6 (33.3) | |||||
| Employment# | Unemployed | 16 (24.6) | 6 (28.6) | – | 0.60 | 17 (25.0) | 5 (27.8) | – | 0.74 |
| Employed | 41 (63.1) | 14 (66.7) | 43 (63.0) | 12 (66.7) | |||||
| Student | 8 (12.3) | 1 (4.8) | 8 (11.8) | 1 (5.6) | |||||
| Smoking | No | 37 (56.9) | 8 (38.1) | 2.25 | 0.13 | 38 (55.9) | 7 (38.9) | 1.64 | 0.19 |
| Yes | 28 (43.1) | 13 (61.9) | 30 (44.1) | 11 (61.1) | |||||
| Alcohol use | No | 43 (66.2) | 9 (42.9) | 3.60 | 0.05 | 45 (66.2) | 7 (38.9) | 4.43 | 0.03 |
| Yes | 22 (33.8) | 12 (57.1) | 23 (33.8) | 11 (61.1) | * | ||||
| Complications | Nil | 45 (69.2) | 14 (66.7) | – | 0.84 | 46 (67.6) | 13 (72.2) | – | 0.40 |
| Gastritis | 14 (21.5) | 4 (19) | 14 (20.6) | 4 (22.2) | |||||
| Hepatitis | 5 (7.7) | 2 (9.5) | 7 (10.3) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Skin Rash | 1 (1.5) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (5.6) |
#Fischer's exact test was done, as assumption of Chi-square was not met. *p<0.05 (two-tailed).