Research Article

Evaluation of Alexithymia, Somatosensory Sensitivity, and Health Anxiety Levels in Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data of study population.

Patient group
( )
Control group
( )

Age (years) 0.195
Male (%)14 (27.5%)20 (39.2%)0.294
Married (%)41 (80.4%)22 (43.1%)<0.001
Literate (%)47 (92.2%)51 (100%)0.118
Working (%)24 (47.1%)44 (86.3%)<0.001
Smoking (%)21 (41.2%)3 (5.9%)<0.001
Hypertension (%)7 (13.7%)1 (2%)0.060
Diabetes Mellitus (%)3 (5.9%)1 (2%)0.617
Hyperlipidemia (%)6 (11.8%)1 (2%)0.112

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number and percentage of patients.