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Table 1 Sample Characteristics

From: The impact of traumatic childhood experiences on interoception: disregarding one’s own body

Data

Mean ± SD

(Mdn; IQR)

H Value

p Valuea

p Valueb

MD

(n = 35)

(24 women)

SSD

(n = 34)

(26 female)

PTSD

(n = 33)

(28 female)

HC

(n = 34)

(27 female)

MD

vs

SSD

MD

vs

PTSD

MD

vs

HC

SSD

vs

PTSD

SSD

vs

HC

PTSD

vs

HC

Depression severity

(BDI-II)c

32.74 ± 9.65

(31.00; 18.00)

16.26 ± 9.49

(17.50; 17.75)

25.33 ± 11.57

(25.00; 19.00)

5.12 ± 4.52

(4.00; 8.25)

78.96

 < .001*

 < .001*

.283

 < .001*

.039*

.002*

 < .001*

SSD-12c

18.46 ± 10.91

(18.00; 16.00)

30.56 ± 6.58

(31.00; 8.25)

19.52 ± 9.81

(20.00; 13.00)

7.91 ± 8.07

(5.00; 11.00)

60.90

 < .001*

 < .001*

1.00

.001*

.001*

 < .001*

 < .001*

PHQ-15c

11.43 ± 5.00

(11.00; 6.00)

12.62 ± 4.79

(13.00;6.00)

12.45 ± 5.53

(13.00; 7.00)

6.65 ± 5.07

(6.00; 7.50)

25.10

 < .001*

1.00

1.00

.007*

1.00

 < .001*

 < .001*

PCL-5

27.46 ± 19.13

(29.00; 32.00)

17.03 ± 15.29

(12.50; 17.25)

41.36 ± 13.16

(41.00; 22.00)

8.56 ± 11.01

(3.50; 12.00)

55.68

 < .001*

.160

.027*

 < .001*

 < .001*

.200

 < .001*

Early Traumatization

(CTQ)

47.34 ± 13.46

(45.00; 18.00)

40.79 ± 12.37

(37.50; 17.25)

69.82 ± 22.84

(71.00; 33.00)

47.65 ± 17.95

(44.00; 28.50)

33.69

 < .001*

.401

.001*

1.00

 < .001*

.893

 < .001*

Emotional Abuse

12.91 ± 5.46

(13.00; 9.00)

10.29 ± 4.71

(9.00; 5.25)

17.97 ± 6.20

(20.00; 11.00)

12.18 ± 5.71

(11.00; 10.50)

25.57

 < .001*

.340

.015*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

.002*

Physical Abuse

7.20 ± 2.92

(6.00; 3.00)

6.56 ± 2.96

(5.00; 2.25)

11.94 ± 6.10

(10.00; 9.50)

9.09 ± 5.21

(7.50; 6.00)

26.22

 < .001*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

 < .001*

.062

.115

Sexual Abuse

6.17 ± 2.92

(5.00; 1.00)

5.59 ± 2.06

(5.00; 0.00)

10.85 ± 6.50

(9.00; 8.00)

6.18 ± 2.90

(5.00; 0.00)

35.65

 < .001*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

 < .001*

Emotional Neglect

13.74 ± 5.34

(13.00; 6.00)

11.44 ± 5.05

(11.00; 8.00)

18.06 ± 5.53

(20.00; 9.00)

12.38 ± 4.93

(12.00; 9.00)

23.96

 < .001*

.545

.020*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

.001*

Physical Neglect

7.31 ± 2.61

(7.00; 3.00)

6.91 ± 2.37

(6.00; 4.00)

11.00 ± 4.58

(11.00; 8.00)

7.82 ± 3.13

(7.00; 4.25)

20.47

 < .001*

1.00

.003*

1.00

 < .001*

1.00

.020*

DERSc

116.60 ± 22.68

(117.00; 32.00)

99.09 ± 20.82

(97.50.00; 29.00)

116.39 ± 22.04

(119.00; 28.50)

78.79 ± 19.66

(80.00; 25.00)

47.76

 < .001*

.025*

1.00

 < .001*

.024*

.014*

 < .001*

FDSd

13.95 ± 9.91

(12.50; 12.05)

10.81 ± 8.22

(7.73; 10.51)

16.73 ± 12.22

(12.27; 10.68)

6.39 ± 6.28

(4.55; 6.19)

24.62

 < .001*

1.00

1.00

.001*

.187

.074

 < .001*

BSI

1.41 ± 0.53

(1.36; 0.51)

0.80 ± 0.42

(0.75; 0.78)

1.26 ± 0.67

(1.17; 1.19)

0.31 ± 0.35

(0.22; 0.15)

66.87

 < .001*

.002*

1.00

 < .001*

.059

.001*

 < .001*

  1. Significant values are highlighted via asterisk
  2. Abbreviations: BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory revised, BSI Brief Symptom Inventory, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionniare, DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, FDS German adaptation of the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES), H test statistic of the Kruskal–Wallis test, HC Healthy controls, IQR Interquartil range, MD Major depressive disorder, Mdn Median, p Value Probability value, PCL-5 PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder, PHQ-15 Patient Health-Questionnaire-15, SD standard deviation, SSD somatic symptom disorder, SSD-12 Somatic Symptom Disorder B-Criteria Scale
  3. aUncorrected for multiple testing
  4. bCorrected for multiple testing via Bonferonni
  5. cn = 2 missings replaced by group mean values
  6. dn = 3 missings replaced by group mean values