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Table 1 Baseline characteristics with full samples

From: Relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms: the “fat and jolly” hypothesis for the middle-aged and elderly in China

Variables

Male

Female

Total

t/χ2

P

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N

6224 (47.49)

6883 (52.51)

13107 (100)

  

Age (years)

59.91 ± 9.38

58.95 ± 9.67

59.40 ± 9.55

5.785

0.000

Average hours for one night

6.47 ± 1.81

6.24 ± 1.95

6.35 ± 1.89

6.982

0.000

Diseases (0-14)

1.30 ± 1.34

1.46 ± 1.41

1.38 ± 1.38

-6.241

0.000

CESD

7.48 ± 5.84

9.47 ± 6.56

8.53 ± 6.31

-18.318

0.000

BMI

22.97 ± 3.70

23.96 ± 4.16

23.49 ± 3.98

-14.341

0.000

Age (years)

 45-49

1063 (17.08)

1481 (21.52)

2544 (19.41)

51.737

0.000

 50-54

903 (14.51)

1022 (14.85)

1925 (14.69)

  

 55-59

1297 (20.84)

1422 (20.66)

2719 (20.74)

  

 60-64

1120 (17.99)

1173 (17.04)

2293 (17.49)

  

 65-69

782 (12.56)

731 (10.62)

1513 (11.54)

  

  ≥ 70

1059 (17.01)

1054 (15.31)

2113 (16.12)

  

Education

 Illiterate

786 (12.63)

2881 (41.86)

3667 (27.98)

1416.286

0.000

 Less than elementary school

4537 (72.90)

3488 (50.68)

8025 (61.23)

  

 High school

560 (9.00)

354 (5.14)

914 (6.97)

  

 Above vocational school

341 (5.48)

160 (2.32)

501 (3.82)

  

Marital status

 Single

604 (9.70)

1103 (16.02)

1707 (13.02)

115.274

0.000

 Married

5620 (90.30)

5780 (83.98)

11400 (86.98)

  

Hukou

 Non-agricultural hukou

1302 (20.92)

1225 (17.80)

2527 (19.28)

20.464

0.000

 Agricultural hukou

4922 (79.08)

5658 (82.20)

10580 (80.72)

  

Current residence

 Rural

3999 (64.25)

4264 (61.95)

8263 (63.04)

7.431

0.006

 Urban

2225 (35.75)

2619 (38.05)

4844 (36.96)

  

Smoke

 NO

1566 (25.16)

6290 (91.38)

7856 (59.94)

5972.096

0.000

 Former smoke

1032 (16.58)

159 (2.31)

1191 (9.09)

  

 Current smoke

3626 (58.26)

434 (6.31)

4060 (30.98)

  

Drinking

 NO

2751 (44.20)

6050 (87.90)

8801 (67.15)

2949.096

0.000

 Less than once a month

686 (11.02)

355 (5.16)

1041 (7.94)

  

 More than once a month

2787 (44.78)

478 (6.94)

3265 (24.91)

  

Eating meals

  ≤ 2 meals per day

813 (13.06)

932 (13.54)

1745 (13.31)

0.722

0.697

 3 meals per day

5310 (85.31)

5844 (84.90)

11154 (85.10)

  

  ≥ 4 meals per day

101 (1.62)

107 (1.55)

208 (1.59)

  

Taking activities

 No

3057 (49.12)

3458 (50.24)

6515 (49.71)

1.650

0.199

 Yes

3167 (50.88)

3425 (49.76)

6592 (50.29)

  

Ever been in major accidental injury

 NO

5416 (87.02)

6412 (93.16)

11828 (90.24)

139.885

0.000

 Yes

808 (12.98)

471 (6.84)

1279 (9.76)

  

Self-report health status

 Very poor

884 (14.20)

1272 (18.48)

2156 (16.45)

92.455

0.000

 Poor

2186 (35.12)

2616 (38.01)

4802 (36.64)

  

 Fair

2092 (33.61)

2100 (30.51)

4192 (31.98)

  

 Good

824 (13.24)

722 (10.49)

1546 (11.80)

  

 Very good

238 (3.82)

173 (2.51)

411 (3.14)

  

Having regular physical exercises

 No physical exercise

3906 (62.76)

4230 (61.46)

8136 (62.07)

2.391

0.303

 Less than regular physical exercises

1145 (18.40)

1318 (19.15)

2463 (18.79)

  

 Regular physical exercises

1173 (18.85)

1335 (19.40)

2508 (19.13)

  

BMI

 Underweight

432 (6.94)

474 (6.89)

906 (6.91)

252.969

0.000

 Average

3698 (59.42)

3225 (46.85)

6923 (52.82)

  

 Overweight

1586 (25.48)

2201 (31.98)

3787 (28.89)

  

 Obese

508 (8.16)

983 (14.28)

1491 (11.38)

  

CESD

   

256.776

 

 CES-D < 10

4313 (69.30)

3834 (55.70)

8147 (62.16)

 

0.000

 CES-D ≥ 10

1911 (30.70)

3049 (44.30)

4960 (37.84)

  
  1. CESD: Center for Epidemiologic Studies- depressive symptoms scale
  2. BMI body mass index, BMI Categories include Underweight (–18.5 kg/m2)/Normal weight (18.5–24 kg/m2)/Overweight (24–28 kg/m2)/Obesity (28– kg/m2)
  3. Hukou: it is an important part of household registration in china and is strictly enforced. Non-agricultural hukou people primarily live in the city and work in factories, public institutions and other workplaces. They have no farm land but have the convenience of city life. Agricultural hukou people primarily live in villages and depend on agriculture and farming for their livelihood