Prevalence of and factors associated with alexithymia among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Correlation analysis of alexithymia and risk factors

Variables	Age	BMI	FEV₁(% predicted)	HADS-A scores	HADS-D scores	mMRC score	SGRQ scores	ACCI scores
r Values	− 0.234	− 0.251	− 0.175	0.376	0.342	0.175	0.441	0.181
p Values	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

BMI body mass index, FEV₁ forced expiratory volume in 1 s, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for anxiety, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for depression, mMRC Modified British Medical Research Council, SGRQ St. George's respiratory questionnaire, ACCI age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index

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