From: Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its risk factors in children with pectus excavatum
Variables | Patient group | Control group | P |
---|---|---|---|
 | n =337 | n =370 |  |
Children | Â | Â | Â |
   Age* | 10.9(2.8) | 11.0(2.5) | 0.61 |
   Gender†|  |  |  |
Male | 266(78.9) | 290(78.4) | 0.95 |
Female | 71(21.1) | 80(21.6) | Â |
   Education†‡ |  |  |  |
Non-attendance | 10(3.0) | 6(1.6) | 0.68 |
Primary school | 232(68.8) | 253(68.4) | Â |
Secondary school | 95(28.2) | 111(30.0) | Â |
Parents | Â | Â | Â |
   Age* | 38.1(6.6) | 38.5(7.4) | 0.45 |
   Gender†|  |  |  |
Male | 143(42.4) | 148(40.0) | 0.51 |
Female | 194 (57.6) | 222(60.0) | Â |
   Marital status†|  |  |  |
Marries | 306(90.8) | 332(89.7) | 0.78 |
Divorced | 30(8.9) | 35(9.5) | Â |
Widowed | 1(0.3) | 3(0.8) | Â |
   Education†‡ |  |  |  |
Lower education | 96(28.5) | 101(27.3) | 0.86 |
Intermediate education | 138(40.9) | 150(40.5) | Â |
Higher education | 103(30.6) | 119(32.2) | Â |
   Household income per year (RMB) †|  |  |  |
<20000 | 72(21.4) | 69(18.6) | 0.67 |
20000-30000 | 185(54.9) | 193(52.2) | Â |
>30000 | 80(23.7) | 108(29.2) | Â |