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Table 1 Prevalence of depressive symptoms among US adult male and female with cancer worry

From: Cancer worry and its impact on self-reported depressive symptoms among adult males and females in the US: a nationwide sample study

 

Male

Female

  

Depressive Symptoms

Cancer Worry

Cancer Worry

Absolute

Relative

 

[Moderate/Serious %] (95% CI)

[Moderate/Serious %] (95% CI)

Difference

Risk Ratio

None

64.9 (55.2–73.7)

59.5 (49.7–68.7)

5.4

0.92

Mild

20.7 (13.7–29.4)

20.9 (13.8–29.6)

0.2

1.01

Moderate

7.9 (3.8–14.4)

11.2 (6.1–18.5)

3.3

1.42

Severe

6.5 (2.9–12.6)

8.4 (4.1–15.0)

1.9

1.29

  1. HINTS 5 Cycles 4 data was collected from February through June 2020. Unweighted sample N = 2,950 and weighted sample N = 44,546,288
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BMC Psychiatry

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