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Table 1 General characteristics of study population for age group and depressive symptoms (n = 4298)

From: The association between muscular strength and depression in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI) 2014

 

Total

Young adult (n = 1320)

Middle aged(n = 1561)

Elderly(n = 1417)

PHQ-9 < 5

PHQ-9 ≥ 5

P

PHQ-9 < 5

PHQ-9 ≥ 5

P

PHQ-9 < 5

PHQ-9 ≥ 5

P

PHQ-9 < 5

PHQ-9 ≥ 5

P

Sex, n(%)

 Men

1585(53.7)

278(38.2)

< 0.001

444(55.4)

108(40.3)

< 0.001

578(53.4)

80(37.9)

< 0.001

560(50.9)

90(33.3)

< 0.001

 Women

1828(46.3)

610(61.9)

 

538(44.6)

230(59.7)

 

725(46.6)

178(62.1)

 

565(49.1)

202(66.7)

 

Education (years), n(%)

 ≤ 6

698(13.5)

251(19.2)

< 0.001

6(0.5)

4(1.5)

0.104

116(8.0)

42(14.5)

0.015

576(50.6)

205(69.4)

< 0.001

 6–9

382(9.5)

77(7.4)

 

19(1.8)

9(3.1)

 

191(13.8)

36(11.7)

 

172(15.2)

32(11.4)

 

 9–12

1161(39.0)

294(40.5)

 

397(45.1)

153(49.9)

 

535(41.8)

103(42.9)

 

229(21.1)

38(13.8)

 

 12<

1167(38.0)

265(33.0)

 

559(52.6)

172(45.6)

 

460(36.4)

77(31.0)

 

148(13.1)

16(5.4)

 

 Non-response

2

1

 

1

0

 

1

0

 

0

1

 

Income, n(%)

 1Q

518(11.4)

242(21.2)

< 0.001

56(6.2)

35(11.9)

0.028

79(5.7)

39(14.1)

< 0.001

383(33.7)

168(54.5)

< 0.001

 2Q

845(23.8)

220(27.3)

 

219(23.9)

77(24.4)

 

288(21.3)

79(33.2)

 

338(29.3)

64(25.7)

 

 3Q

1028(32.1)

213(26.3)

 

374(35.7)

112(32.1)

 

444(34.8)

68(27.0)

 

210(19.3)

33(11.5)

 

 4Q

1013(32.7)

206(25.1)

 

333(34.2)

112(31.6)

 

491(38.3)

69(25.7)

 

189(17.7)

25(8.3)

 

 Non-response

6

7

 

0

2

 

1

3

 

5

2

 

Smoking, n(%)

 Non-smoker

2033(56.8)

553(59.2)

< 0.001

615(60.0)

203(58.1)

0.008

780(53.8)

158(57.5)

0.245

638(57.1)

192(64.5)

0.028

 Ex-smoker

691(20.4)

128(13.2)

 

148(16.1)

40(9.9)

 

230(20.8)

36(15.5)

 

313(28.0)

52(18.0)

 

 Current smoker

641(22.8)

192(27.6)

 

212(23.9)

91(32.0)

 

277(25.4)

62(27.0)

 

152(14.9)

39(17.5)

 

 Non-response

45

15

 

7

4

 

16

2

 

22

9

 

Alcohol, n(%)

 No drinker

1537(40.2)

422(41.8)

0.471

328(31.3)

123(33.8)

0.508

576(40.9)

104(37.7)

0.38

633(56.0)

195(68.0)

< 0.001

 Current drinker

1838(59.8)

459(58.2)

 

651(68.8)

215(66.2)

 

714(59.1)

153(62.3)

 

473(44.0)

91(32.0)

 

 Non-response

35

7

 

3

0

 

13

1

 

19

6

 

Physical activity, n(%)

 No

1552(41.5)

445(45.5)

0.074

366(34.5)

132(36.1)

0.646

571(41.9)

131(48.9)

0.072

615(54.3)

182(64.0)

0.015

 Yes

1845(58.5)

435(54.5)

 

616(65.5)

206(63.9)

 

728(58.1)

126(51.1)

 

501(45.7)

103(36.0)

 

 Non-response

13

8

 

0

0

 

4

1

 

9

7

 

BMI (kg/m2), n(%)

 Underweight

123(4.0)

71(8.2)

< 0.001

72(7.1)

42(11.7)

0.013

27(2.0)

16(5.2)

0.014

24(2.2)

13(4.3)

0.296

 Normal weight

2202(64.4)

568(62.9)

 

642(65.8)

213(60.3)

 

853(64.0)

173(67.7)

 

707(62.5)

182(62.1)

 

 Overweight

951(27.7)

205(23.5)

 

228(22.9)

60(20.6)

 

371(29.9)

59(23.5)

 

352(31.8)

86(30.7)

 

 Obese

134(4.0)

44(5.3)

 

40(4.1)

23(7.4)

 

52(4.1)

10(3.6)

 

42(3.4)

11(2.9)

 

Diagnosis of depression, n(%)

 No

3315(97.7)

780(86.8)

< 0.001

973(99.2)

308(88.4)

< 0.001

1267(97.4)

221(83.8)

< 0.001

1075(95.7)

251(87.2)

< 0.001

 Yes

95(2.2)

108(13.2)

 

9(0.8)

30(11.6)

 

36(2.6)

37(16.2)

 

50(4.3)

41(12.8)

 

Handgrip (kg), mean(SD)

 Right

33.52(0.20)

30.16(0.41)

< 0.001

35.38(0.36)

32.03(0.61)

< 0.001

34.47(0.27)

31.09(0.64)

< 0.001

27.84(0.36)

24.21(0.66)

< 0.001

 Left

31.84(0.19)

28.62(0.39)

< 0.001

33.49(0.35)

30.39(0.61)

< 0.001

32.80(0.27)

29.55(0.63)

< 0.001

26.57(0.35)

22.92(0.61)

< 0.001

Relative handgrip (kg/kg/m2), mean(SD)

 Right

1.43(0.01)

1.31(0.02)

< 0.001

1.54(0.01)

1.40(0.03)

< 0.001

1.44(0.01)

1.34(0.03)

0.001

1.17(0.02)

1.05(0.03)

< 0.001

 Left

1.35(0.01)

1.24(0.02)

< 0.001

1.45(0.01)

1.33(0.03)

< 0.001

1.37(0.01)

1.28(0.03)

0.001

1.12(0.01)

0.99(0.03)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire, SD standard deviation, Q quartile
  2. * χ2 test and Student’s t-test were used for categorical (n(%)) and continuous variables (mean(SD)), respectively