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

Table 3

Somatosensory amplification scale and health anxiety scores between males and females.

	Patient group			Control group
	Male	Female	𝑃	Male	Female	𝑃
SAS	27.0±5.1	34.4±7.3	0.002	25.1±7.0	27.9±6.8	0.160
HAI-1	11.5±5.6	15.6±6.2	0.036	9.4±6.0	12.2±4.7	0.072
HAI-2	2.7±2.1	3.3±2.3	0.375	3.2±2.4	3.7±2.0	0.386
HAI-T	14.2±6.6	19.0±7.8	0.039	12.6±7.2	15.9±5.6	0.070

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
SAS: Somatosensory Amplification Scale; HAI: Health Anxiety Inventory; T: Total.