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Table 4 Personal Income and Self-perception of Economic Burden

From: Social-economic analysis of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye in East China: a cross-sectional study

 

SSDE group

Non-SSDE group

P value

Annual Income (CNY)

Range

1400–30,000

2000–20,000

0.001†+

Average

4494.1 ± 5138.0

6833.3 ± 4077.6

Median

3000

6000

Annual Income distribution

≤3000CNY

25(73.5%)

9(30%)

0.002†#

3000-10000CNY

6(17.6%)

12(40%)

≥10,000 CNY

3(8.9%)

9(30%)

Self-perception of economic burden

Uninfluenced

5(14.7%)

27(90.0%)

< 0.001‡#

Limited economic burden but acceptable

9(55.9%)

3(10.0%)

Heavy economic burden

10(29.4%)

0(0.0%)

  1. CNY Chinese Yuan, SSDE sjogren’s syndrome dry eye
  2. P < 0.01
  3. P < 0.001
  4. + Mann-Whitney U test
  5. #Chi-square test