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Table 5 Stepwise multiple regression (only statistically significant variables are included)*.

From: Prevalence of alexithymia and its association with anxiety and depression in a sample of Greek chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outpatients

Variable

Multiple R

B

Standard error

β

t

Significance

STAI (anxiety)

0.713

0.445

0.041

0.606

10.908

0.000

TAS-20 (alexithymia)

0.756

0.182

0.037

0.273

4.905

0.000

  1. Dependent variable: BDI (depression).
  2. *The following variables were eliminated: age, gender, education years and FEV1 percentage of predicted.
  3. BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 s; STAI = Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory; TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X