TABLE 2.
Association between social activities at baseline and depressive-symptoms trajectory.
| Social activities | OR (95% CI)a | |||
| Mild-stable | Increasing | Decreasing | Severe-stable | |
| Interact with friend | ||||
| Often (n = 3,380) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Seldom (n = 1,397) | 0.99 (0.85, 1.16) | 1.15 (0.90, 1.46) | 1.04 (0.82, 1.31) | 1.13 (0.83, 1.55) |
| Not attend (n = 8,481) | 1.06 (0.96,1.17) | 1.21 (1.03, 1.41) | 1.09 (0.95,1.26) | 1.35 (1.10, 1.65) |
| Played Mahjong, chess and cards | ||||
| Often (n = 1,490) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Seldom (n = 1,050) | 1.10 (0.92, 1.33) | 1.64 (1.15, 2.35) | 1.47 (1.09, 1.99) | 1.68 (1.01, 2.79) |
| Not attend (n = 10,718) | 1.37 (1.21, 1.56) | 2.45 (1.88, 3.20) | 1.50 (1.20, 1.87) | 2.72 (1.87, 3.95) |
| Provided help to family or friend | ||||
| Often (n = 281) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Seldom (n = 695) | 1.06 (0.89, 1.27) | 0.72 (0.43, 1.19) | 0.73 (0.43, 1.22) | 0.76 (0.38, 1.51) |
| Not attend (n = 12,282) | 1.22 (1.05, 1.42) | 0.68 (0.45, 1.05) | 0.87 (0.70, 1.08) | 0.76 (0.44, 1.33) |
| Went to a sport or social club | ||||
| Often (n = 737) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Seldom (n = 133) | 1.10 (0.72, 1.68) | 1.61 (0.69, 3.72) | 1.10 (0.48, 2.50) | 0.93 (0.47, 1.83) |
| Not attend (n = 12,388) | 1.51 (1.26, 1.80) | 2.33 (1.57, 3.47) | 1.67 (1.18, 2.37) | 2.09 (1.22, 3.58) |
aAdjusted for age, gender, residence location, education, marital status, smoking, drinking, sleep duration, nap duration, self-rated health, self-reported diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, chronic lung diseases, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, stroke and arthritis or rheumatism; use of antihypertensive, antidiabetic, or lipid-lowering medication; and functional limitations. Model fit: χ2 = 3209.99; P < 0.001; pseudo R2 = 0.238.