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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the population by depressive symptoms and sex

From: Metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms among rural Northeast general population in China

 

Total

P-valuea

Men

P-valuea

Women

P-valuea

Depressed

Not depressed

Depressed

Not depressed

Depressed

Not depressed

N = 685

N = 10745

 

N = 186

N = 5093

 

N = 499

N = 5652

 

Age, mean ± SD, years

57.07 ± 10.27

53.61 ± 10.55

<0.001

57.25 ± 11.16

54.24 ± 10.77

<0.001

56.99 ± 9.94

53.04 ± 10.32

<0.001

Ethnicity (Othersa)

653 (95.3)

10179 (94.7)

0.277

175 (94.1)

4822 (94.7)

0.408

478 (95.8)

5357 (94.8)

0.192

Marriage

         

Currently not married, n (%)

99 (14.5)

859 (8.0)

<0.001

30 (16.1)

382 (7.5)

<0.001

69 (13.8)

477 (8.4)

<0.001

Cigarette smoking

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

Current smoker, n (%)

198 (28.9)

3836 (35.7)

 

94 (50.5)

2917 (57.3)

 

104 (15.1)

919 (16.3)

 

Ex-smoker, n (%)

43 (6.3)

436 (4.1)

 

27 (14.5)

348 (6.8)

 

16 (3.2)

88 (1.6)

 

Non-smoker, n (%)

444 (64.8)

6473 (60.2)

 

65 (34.9)

1828 (35.9)

 

5024 (81.7)

4645 (82.2)

 

Alcohol consumption

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

0.506

Current drinker, n (%)

74 (10.8)

2501 (23.3)

 

55 (29.6)

2338 (45.9)

 

19 (3.8)

163 (2.9)

 

Ex-drinker, n (%)

24 (3.5)

259 (2.4)

 

22 (11.8)

236 (4.6)

 

2 (0.4)

23 (0.4)

 

Non-drinker, n (%)

587 (85.7)

7985 (74.3)

 

109 (58.6)

2519 (49.5)

 

478 (95.8)

5466 (96.7)

 

Exercise

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

Light

322 (47.0)

3075 (28.6)

 

76 (40.9)

1116 (21.9)

 

246 (49.3)

1959 (34.7)

 

Moderate

338 (49.3)

7052 (65.6)

 

103 (55.4)

3692 (72.5)

 

235 (47.1)

3360 (59.4)

 

Severe

25 (3.6)

618 (5.8)

 

7 (3.8)

285 (5.6)

 

18 (3.6)

333 (5.9)

 

Educational status

  

<0.001

  

0.02

  

<0.001

Primary school or below

452 (66.0)

5237 (48.7)

 

94 (50.5)

2105 (41.3)

 

358 (71.7)

3132 (55.4)

 

Middle school

203 (29.6)

4459 (41.5)

 

79 (42.5)

2396 (47.0)

 

124 (24.8)

2063 (36.5)

 

High school or above

30 (4.4)

1049 (9.8)

 

13 (7.0)

592 (11.6)

 

17 (3.4)

457 (8.1)

 

Annual income (CNY/year)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

≤5000

173 (25.3)

1249 (11.6)

 

61 (32.8)

648 (12.7)

 

112 (22.4)

601 (10.6)

 

5000–20000

380 (55.5)

5840 (54.4)

 

95 (51.1)

2733 (53.7)

 

285 (57.1)

3107 (55.0)

 

>20000

132 (19.3)

3656 (34.0)

 

30 (16.1)

1712 (33.6)

 

102 (20.4)

1944 (34.4)

 
  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation. aTwo-tailed Student’s t-test for normally distributed variables and chi-square test for categorical variables. Boldface p-values are significant at α = 0.05