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Table 3 Association between obesity and depressive symptom onset by sex based on baseline obesity status

From: Obesity and the onset of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China: evidence from the CHARLS

Characteristics

Female (N (%))

P value

Male (N (%))

P value

No depressive symptoms

Depressive symptoms

No depressive symptoms

Depressive symptoms

Total

959 (61.63)

597 (38.37)

NA

1306 (73.33)

475 (26.67)

NA

general obesity (BMI)

 Underweight

33 (57.89)

24 (42.11)

0.899

53 (68.83)

24 (31.17)

< 0.01

 Normal

425 (61.41)

267 (38.59)

 

735 (70.74)

304 (29.26)

 

 Overweight

341 (62.56)

204 (37.44)

 

380 (76.00)

120 (24.00)

 

 Obese

160 (61.06)

102 (38.94)

 

138 (83.63)

27 (16.37)

 

Abdominal obesity (WC)

 Yes

704 (61.43)

442 (38.57)

0.785

670 (76.22)

209 (23.78)

< 0.01

 No

255 (62.19)

155 (37.81)

 

636 (70.51)

266 (29.49)

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