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Table 2 Standard deviations for participants with Ba and Ma level education

	Ma level education	Ba level education
Aspergers syndrome	8.95	2.92
Femur fracture	3.65	3.66
Ectopic pregnancy	3.57	4.03
Candida	3.33	3.43
Spontaneous abortion	3.25	3.20
Infertility	3.13	3.25
Opioid dependency	3.13	3.20
Dysmorphophobia	3.04	2.88
Eating disorder	2.95	3.28
Agorafobia	2.95	2.78
Self affliction	2.94	2.99
Obesity	2.93	4.23
Lumbago	2.85	3.27
Internet pornography dependency	2.82	2.85
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)	2.80	2.91
Alcoholism	2.75	2.70
Erectile dysfunction	2.72	2.62
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	2.72	3.04
Neurasthenia	2.69	3.11
Gambling	2.68	2.84
Alergia to electric waves	2.66	3.02
ADHD	2.60	2.87
Cleptomaina	2.59	2.69
Gulf war syndrome	2.59	3.07
Anorexia	2.54	2.04
ME/CFS	2.53	2.56
Coffein dependency	2.52	1.89
Prolapse	2.47	2.94
Anxiety neurosis	2.45	2.21
Fibromyalgia	2.40	2.53
Kidney stone	2.37	2.81
Menopause	2.36	2.45
Borderline personality disorder	2.32	2.23
Coca-Cola dependency	2.24	2.00
Shopping dependency	2.23	2.60
Twar (pneumonia clamydiae)	2.18	2.10
Rupture of the spleen	2.18	2.65
Cataract	2.00	2.51
Dementia	1.98	1.95
Ulcus duodeni	1.90	2.29
Psoriasis	1.87	2.30
Angina Pectoris	1.83	1.41
Bechterews disease	1.81	1.26
Liver cirrhosis	1.74	2.41
Media-victim-syndrome	1.66	1.74
Asthma	1.60	1.80
Nostalgia	1.57	1.24
Schizophrenia	1.50	1.34
Reumatoid arthritis	1.43	1.20
Pregnancy	1.37	1.32
Appendicitis	1.37	2.14
Renal failure	1.25	0.87
Diabetes	1.24	1.81
Myocardial Infarction	1.19	0.37
Dissidence	1.19	1.71
Colon cancer	1.15	0.45
Homosexuality	1.11	0.48
Multiple Sclerosis	1.02	0.78
Drapetomania	1.02	2.30
AIDS	0.75	0.87
Leukemia	0.57	0.99
Lung cancer	0.44	0.54

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