Table 3

Correlation coefficients (r) between the somatic symptom score in 1995 and baseline variables in 1990

Variables in 1990		Men				Women
Variables in 1990		r	n			r	n
Somatic symptom score	0.45^3-165	218		0.42^3-165	397
Trait anxiety	0.34^3-165	218		0.26^3-165	396
Perceived social support	−0.004	193		−0.06	382
Negative life events	0.06	218		0.21^3-165	397
Self esteem	−0.22^3-165	218		−0.26^3-165	397
Grade point average	−0.10	217		−0.04	396
Relief drinking	0.25^3-165	217		0.25^3-165	395
Relief smoking	0.16^3-150	217		0.17^3-165	395
Defence style scores
Mature	−0.07	216		0.003	396
Neurotic	0.16^3-160	216		0.15^3-160	395
Immature	0.20^3-160	216		0.25^3-165	396

↵3-150 p<0.05;
↵3-160 p<0.01;
↵3-165 p<0.001; n = number of cases.