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Table 4 Characteristics of patients with persistent MUPS (n = 526) in numbers and percent

From: Patients with persistent medically unexplained physical symptoms: a descriptive study from Norwegian general practice

 

All

Men

Women

Gender

  

127

(24.1%)

399

(75.9%)

Age (years)

      

Mean

46.11

(SD = 13.92)

45.74

(SD = 14.09)

46.23

(SD = 13.88)

18-40

182

(35.0)

43

(34.7)

139

(35.1)

41-65

291

(56.0)

70

(56.6)

221

(55.8)

>65

47

(9.0)

11

(8.7)

36

(9.1)

Education (n, %)

      

Primary school

131

(25.5)

30

(24.4)

101

(25.9)

Highschool

249

(48.6)

67

(54.5)

182

(46.7)

College/university

133

(25.9)

26

(21.1)

107

(27.4)

Duration of MUPS (n, %)

      

<1 year

73

(14.0)

25

(20.0)

48

(12.1)

1-5 years

161

(30.9)

39

(31.2)

122

(30.8)

> 5 years

287

(55.1)

61

(48.8)

226

(57.1)

  1. Age, level of education and symptom duration.