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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of the association between socio-demographic features and changes over time of anxiety scores in ECC and LACC patients

Independent variable	ECC			LACC
	Association with higher anxiety scores	Univariate (p value)	Multivariate^a(p value)	Association with higher anxiety scores	Univariate (p value)	Multivariate (p value)
Age
≤45 years	No difference	0.971	/	No difference	0.371	/
>45 years
Menopausal status
No	Yes (direct)	0.056	0.242	No difference	0.254	/
Yes	No
Co-morbidities
No	No difference	0.701	/	No difference	0.820	/
Yes
Marital status
Married	No difference	0.105	0.270	No difference	0.300	/
Not married
Living status
Alone	No difference	0.114	0.733	No	0.023	0.002
Not alone				Yes (direct)
Children
No	No difference	0.332	/	No difference	0.215	0.635
Yes
Educational level
Primary school	No difference	0.114	0.225	Yes (direct)	0.040	0.773
High/graduation				No
Employment status
Employed	No difference	0.763	/	No difference	0.623	/
Unemployed/retired

^a p values calculated by the Between Subject test including in multivariate analysis all variables showing a p value≤0.20 in univariate analysis (Generalized linear model).

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