Korean Journal of Stress Research

Table. 3. Table 3

Difference in stress response according to general characteristics (N=184)

Variables	Categories	M±SD	Z/χ²	p
Age	Under 50	0.41±0.33	6.58	.160
	50∼59	0.52±0.31
	60∼69	0.45±0.26
	70∼79	0.35±0.18
	Over 80	0.40±0.31
Marital status	Non-married^a	0.53±0.39	7.56 (b<c)	.023
	Married^b	0.38±0.23
	Divorced and bereavement^c	0.51±0.32
Gender	Male	0.43±0.25	−1.51	.132
Gender	Female	0.39±0.29	−1.51	.132
Education level	Elementary school graduate	0.64±0.64	3.64	.303
	Middle school graduate	0.47±0.22
	High school graduate	0.40±0.23
	College graduate	0.40±0.30
Monthly level	Less than 1 million won	0.42±0.26	2.95	.400
	1∼2 million won	0.39±0.27
	2∼3 million won	0.40±0.32
	3 million won or more	0.47±0.27
Hospitalization	Inpatient	0.49±0.23	−3.36	.001
Hospitalization	Outpatient	0.38±0.28	−3.36	.001
Religion	Christian	0.56±0.48	5.12	.164
	Catholic	0.39±0.23
	Buddhism	0.45±0.21
	Atheism	0.38±0.23
Respiratory/Circulatory	Respiratory diseases	0.35±0.19	−2.32	.010
Respiratory/Circulatory	Circulatory disease	0.47±0.32	−2.32	.010
Type of disease	Angina^a	0.63±0.27	56.63*	<.001
	Hypertension^b	0.62±0.48
	Stroke^c	0.30±0.12
	Circulatory-others^d	0.29±0.16
	Asthma^e	0.51±0.22
	COPD^f	0.27±0.15
	Pneumonia^g	0.32±0.09
	Respiratory-others^h	0.25±0.12

*Bonferroni: c, d, h<a, e/f<a, b, e /g<a.

COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.