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Table 4 Patient representations in text according to disease type

From: Hierarchy of hair loss stigma: media portrayals of cancer, alopecia areata, and ringworm in Israeli newspapers

Characteristic

Ringworm

AA

Cancer

α

χ2 Value

LB 95% CI

UB 95% CI

Gender

 Female

15.6%a

26.3%b

25.7%b

0.90

38.62

.0001

.0001

 Male

20.2%a

10.5%b

5.7%b

    

 Female and Male

12.8%a

0.0%b

3.2%b

    

No indication

51.4%

63.2%

65.4%

    

Birthplace

 Israel

3.7%a

2.6%a

31.1%b

0.83

4.12

.37

.39

 Other

22.9%a

28.9%a

1.4%c

    

 No mentioned

73.4%

68.4%

67.5%

    

Number of patients interviewed

    

0.76

F(2, 141.51)

ɳ2

 mean

1.10

1.18a

0.68b

  

3.20***

.02

 SD

2.16

0.90

1.37

    
  1. AA alopecia areata, α Krippendorff’s Alpha, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, LB lower bound value, UB upper bound value
  2. Different superscript letters indicate significantly different prevalence. ***p < .001