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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the population

From: Severity, symptomatology, and treatment duration for mental health disorders: a retrospective analysis from a conflict-affected region of northern Nigeria

 

Male

(n = 2585)

Female

(n = 9123)

p Value

 ≤ 15 years

(n = 1365)

Adults

(n = 10,344)

p Value

Total

(n = 11,709)

Sex ratio (M/F)

 

1.1 (726/639)

0.2 (1859/8484)

 

0.3 (2585/9123)

Mean age

32.6 years

32.7 years

0.743

11.6 years

35.5 years

 < 0.001

32.7 years

Median age

31 years

30 years

12 years

32 years

30 years

(range)

(1–98 years)

(2–103 years)

(1–15 years)

(16–103 years)

(1–103 years)

Age groups

 ≤ 15

726 (28.1%)

369 (4%)

 < 0.001

1365 (100%)

1365 (11.7%)

16–25

315 (12.2%)

2615 (28.7%)

 < 0.001

2930 (28.3%)

2930 (25%)

26–35

473 (18.3%)

2734 (30%)

 < 0.001

3208 (31%)

3208 (27.4%)

36–45

450 (17.4%)

1648 (18.1%)

 < 0.001

2098 (20.3%)

2098 (17.9%)

46–55

271 (10.5%)

751 (8.2%)

 < 0.001

1022 (9.9%)

1022 (8.7%)

56–65

200 (7.7%)

432 (4.7%)

 < 0.001

632 (6.1%)

632 (5.4%)

 > 65

150 (5.8%)

304 (3.3%)

 < 0.001

454 (4.4%)

454 (3.9%)

Reported status

Displaced

1763 (68.2%)

6491 (71.1%)

0.003

1121 (82.1%)

7133 (69.1%)

 < 0.001

8254 (70.5%)

Resident

809 (31.3%)

2580 (28.3%)

0.001

235 (17.2%)

3155 (30.6%)

 < 0.001

3390 (29%)

Education

Illiterate

1407 (54.4%)

7239 (79.4%)

 < 0.001

702 (51.4%)

7945 (76.8%)

 < 0.001

8647 (73.9%)

Primary

762 (29.5%)

1276 (14%)

0.003

619 (45.4%)

1418 (13.7%)

0.002

2038 (17.4%)

Secondary

330 (12.8%)

472 (5.2%)

0.004

29 (2.1%)

776 (7.5%)

 < 0.001

804 (6.9%)

College

52 (2%)

23 (0.3%)

0.031

75 (0.7%)

75 (0.6%)

University

8 (0.3%)

2(0.02%)

0.568

10 (0.1%)

10 (0.1%)

  1. Sex missing for 1 patient; Age missing for 3 patients; Self-reported status missing for 65 patients; Education missing for 135 patients. p Values are obtained from chi-squared test