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Table 1 Distributions of selected variables of the participants stratified by depressive symptoms status

From: Age and gender specific association between obesity and depressive symptoms: a large-scale cross-sectional study

Variables

Overall

(n = 29,900)

Non-DS (n = 28,123)

DS (n = 1777)

P value *

Age (year, mean ± SD)

55.43 ± 12.356

55.38 ± 12.383

56.23 ± 11.894

0.005

Women (n, %)

17,704 (59.21)

16,504 (58.69)

1200 (67.53)

< 0.001

Educational level (n, %)

 Elementary school or below

13,324 (44.23)

12,279 (43.66)

945 (53.18)

< 0.001

 Junior high school

11,647 (38.95)

11,022 (39.19)

625 (35.17)

 Senior high school or above

5029 (16.82)

4822 (17.15)

207 (11.65)

 

Marital status (n, %)

 Married/cohabiting

26,968 (90.19)

25,407 (90.34)

1561 (87.84)

0.002

 Widowed/separated/divorced

2423 (8.10)

2242 (7.97)

181 (10.19)

 Single

509 (1.71)

474 (1.69)

35 (1.97)

Average monthly income (n, %)

 < 500 RMB

10,795 (36.10)

9954 (35.39)

841 (47.32)

< 0.001

 500- RMB

9416 (31.49)

8948 (31.82)

468 (26.34)

 ≥ 1000 RMB

9689 (32.41)

9221 (32.79)

468 (26.34)

Physical activity (n, %)

 Low

9501 (31.78)

8905 (31.66)

596 (33.54)

0.177

 Moderate

11,009 (36.82)

10,357 (36.83)

652 (36.69)

 High

9390 (31.40)

8861 (31.51)

529 (29.77)

Current smokers (n, %)

6005 (20.08)

5725 (20.36)

280 (15.76)

< 0.001

Current drinkers (n, %)

5219 (17.45)

5008 (17.81)

211 (11.87)

< 0.001

Chronic disease (n, %)

17,755 (59.38)

16,654 (59.50)

1101 (62.06)

0.033

Body mass index (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

24.73 ± 3.569

24.75 (3.559)

24.43 (3.708)

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm, mean ± SD)

83.70 ± 10.469

83.78 (10.450)

82.41 (10.699)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: DS depressive symptoms; SD standard deviation; RMB Renminbi
  2. * T-test was performed to compare the differences in continuous variables; Chi-square test was used to compare the differences in the categorical variables