Table 2 Description of the samples.
From: The role of neurotrophin genes involved in the vulnerability to gambling disorder
Sociodemographic variables | Control (n = 191) | GD (n = 166) | p | GD related variables | GD (n = 166) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | Mean | SD | |||
Sex | ||||||||
Women | 113 | 59.2% | 14 | 8.4% | < 0.001 | Age of onset of GD | 33.8 | 11.6 |
Men | 78 | 40.8% | 152 | 91.6% | Duration of GD | 13.6 | 8.3 | |
Education | ||||||||
Primary | 41 | 21.5% | 120 | 72.3% | < 0.001 | DSM-5 criteria for GD | 7.2 | 2.1 |
Secondary | 35 | 18.3% | 39 | 23.5% | Gambling activities | n | % | |
University | 115 | 60.2% | 7 | 4.2% | Slot-machines | 149 | 89.8% | |
Employment | ||||||||
Unemployed | 6 | 3.1% | 48 | 28.9% | < 0.001 | Bingo | 35 | 21.1% |
Employed | 185 | 96.9% | 118 | 71.1% | Lotteries | 13 | 7.8% | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Casino | 17 | 10.2% | ||
Age (years-old) | 42.4 | 11.7 | 39.9 | 12.4 | 0.049 | Cards | 11 | 6.6% |
