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. 2023 May 11;35:e9. doi: 10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e9

Table 2. Comparison of baseline characteristics between individuals with non-mental health problem and mental health problem (n = 37,758).

Characteristics Total Non-depression (n = 25,395) Depression (n = 12,363) p-value Non-anxiety (n = 35,623) Anxiety (n = 2,135) p-value Non-fatigue (n = 27,776) Fatigue (n = 9,982) p-value
Sex 0.052 0.798 < 0.001
Male 17,871 (47.33) 11,973 (67.00) 5,898 (33.00) 16,893 (94.53) 978 (5.47) 13,420 (75.09) 4,451 (24.91)
Female 19,887 (52.67) 13,422 (67.49) 6,465 (32.51) 18,730 (94.18) 1,157 (5.82) 14,356 (72.19) 5,531 (27.81)
Age (years) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
20–29 3,590 (9.51) 2,705 (75.35) 885 (24.65) 3,447 (96.02) 143 (3.98) 3,010 (83.84) 580 (16.16)
30–39 7,191 (19.04) 5,176 (71.98) 2,015 (28.02) 6,773 (94.19) 418 (5.81) 5,663 (78.75) 1,528 (21.25)
40–49 8,958 (23.72) 6,265 (69.94) 2,693 (30.06) 8,422 (94.02) 536 (5.98) 6,640 (74.12) 2,318 (25.88)
50–59 9,837 (26.05) 6,561 (66.70) 3,276 (33.30) 9,264 (94.18) 573 (5.82) 6,979 (70.95) 2,858 (29.05)
≥ 60 8,182 (21.67) 4,688 (57.30) 3,494 (42.70) 7,717 (94.32) 465 (5.68) 5,484 (67.03) 2,698 (32.97)
Household monthly incomea (KRW) < 0.001 0.322 < 0.001
< 2,000,000 10,410 (27.57) 6,184 (59.40) 4,226 (40.60) 9,824 (94.37) 586 (5.63) 7,469 (71.75) 2,941 (28.25)
2,000,000–3,000,000 12,591 (33.35) 8,661 (68.79) 3,930 (31.21) 11,903 (94.54) 688 (5.46) 9,373 (74.44) 3,218 (25.56)
3,000,000–4,000,000 8,386 (22.21) 5,927 (70.68) 2,459 (29.32) 7,915 (94.38) 471 (5.62) 6,181 (73.71) 2,205 (26.29)
≥ 4,000,000 6,371 (16.87) 4,623 (72.56) 1,748 (27.44) 5,981 (93.88) 390 (6.12) 4,753 (74.60) 1,618 (25.40)
Occupational classification < 0.001 0.064 < 0.001
White collar workers 13,978 (37.02) 10,247 (73.31) 3,731 (26.69) 13,137 (93.98) 841 (6.02) 11,013 (78.79) 2,965 (21.21)
Pink collar workers 11,479 (30.40) 7,761 (67.61) 3,718 (32.39) 10,851 (94.53) 628 (5.47) 8,400 (73.18) 3,079 (26.82)
Blue collar workers 12,301 (32.58) 7,387 (60.05) 4,914 (39.95) 11,635 (94.59) 666 (5.41) 8,363 (67.99) 3,938 (32.01)
Company size < 0.001 < 0.001 0.002
< 50 workers 29,214 (77.37) 19,253 (65.90) 9,961 (34.10) 27,647 (94.64) 1,567 (5.36) 21,369 (73.15) 7,845 (26.85)
50–300 workers 4,468 (11.83) 3,137 (70.21) 1,331 (29.79) 4,201 (94.02) 267 (5.98) 3,365 (75.31) 1,103 (24.69)
≥ 300 workers 4,076 (10.80) 3,005 (73.72) 1,071 (26.28) 3,775 (92.62) 301 (7.38) 3,042 (74.63) 1,034 (25.37)
Weekly working hours (hours) 43.13 ± 11.87 42.80 ± 11.16 43.81 ± 13.19 < 0.001 43.06 ± 11.83 44.34 ± 12.41 < 0.001 42.55 ± 11.37 44.74 ± 13.02 < 0.001
Shift work status 0.004 0.010 < 0.001
Yes 2,447 (6.48) 1,620 (66.20) 827 (33.80) 2,280 (93.18) 167 (6.82) 1,712 (69.96) 735 (30.04)
No 35,311 (93.52) 23,775 (67.33) 11,536 (32.67) 33,343 (94.43) 1,968 (5.57) 26,064 (73.81) 9,247 (26.19)

Categorical data presented as number (%); continuous data presented as mean ± standard deviation.

KRW = Korean won

a2 million KRW = 1,559 US dollars, 3 million KRW = 2,338 US dollars, 4 million KRW = 3,118 US dollars.