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Table 5 PHQ-9 “Depression”: Comparison of living renal donors (a. female, b. male) with the German general population of Kocalevent et al. (2013) in age classes [13]

From: Gender disparity in health-related quality of life and fatigue after living renal donation

Age categories

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

N

Signa

a

 

Female donors

Women of the German normal population

 

25–34 years

1.0 (−)

1

2.5 (3.0)

351

35–44 years

4.3 (3.6)

6

2.8 (3.6)

542

45–54 years

3.7 (3.8)

26

2.7 (3.3)

457

0.174

55–64 years

4.4 (4.9)

43

3.3 (3.4)

446

0.125

65–74 years

4.8 (5.1)

39

3.6 (3.6)

395

0.163

≥75 years

3.0 (2.2)

9

4.5 (3.5)

236

0.076

b

 

Male donors

Men of the German normal population

 

25–34 years

1.0 (−)

1

2.0 (3.2)

279

35–44 years

4.3 (6.0)

4

2.3 (3.3)

396

45–54 years

4.1 (3.7)

18

2.9 (3.7)

414

0.174

55–64 years

2.7 (3.3)

22

3.1 (3.6)

398

0.584

65–74 years

2.9 (2.8)

18

3.0 (3.6)

397

0.855

≥75 years

3.1 (3.6)

18

4.1 (4.4)

156

0.266

  1. aunpaired T-Test