Stress and perceived health among primary care visitors in two corners of Europe: Scandinavia and Greece

Table 2 Correlations between different variables and perceived health

Variable	Total population N = 224		Greece N = 84		Scandinavia N = 140
Variable	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value
Sex	− 0.070	0.31	0.064	0.57	− 0.187	0.03
Age	− 0.176	0.001	− 0.219	0.05	− 0.140	0.12
Unemployment	0.023	0.73	− 0.160	0.15	0.023	0.73
Smoking	− 0.284	< 0.0001	− 0.261	0.02	0.097	0.27
Longstanding illness	− 0.133	0.05	− 0.487	< 0.0001	0.140	0.11
Self-reported stress	0.226	0.001	− 0.157	0.16	0.293	< 0.0001
Serious life events	0.147	0.03	− 0.284	0.01	0.124	0.16
Self-reported economic crisis	0.112	0.10	− 0.322	0.03	0.119	0.17
Hope for the future	0.475	< 0.0001	− 0.289	< 0.009	0.385	< 0.0001
HAD: Anxiety	0.165	0.002	− 0.114	0.28	0.283	0.001
HAD: Depression	0.113	0.003	− 0.255	< 0.05	0.370	< 0.0001
Cortisol value	− 0.084	0.32	0.093	0.41	− 0.024	0.78

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