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. 2024 Mar 19;14:6594. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57101-2

Table 4.

Analysis of people with depression in different states (N = 518).

Variables No depression (0–7 points, N = 297) Mild depression (8–10 points, N = 128) Moderate to severe depression (11–21 points, N = 93) P
Age 54.84 ± 13.32 57.96 ± 10.94 58.90 ± 12.89 0.007
Height 1.62 ± 0.08 1.62 ± 0.08 1.61 ± 0.09 0.446
Weight 60.78 ± 11.14 62.65 ± 12.14 61.14 ± 12.84 0.316
BMI 23.18 ± 3.32 23.80 ± 3.82) 23.58 ± 3.96 0.225
Sex
 Male 120 (40.40%) 59 (46.09%) 45 (48.39%) 0.301
 Female 177 (59.60%) 69 (53.91%) 48 (51.61%)
Marriage 0.261
 Unmarried 18 (6.06%) 3 (2.34%) 4 (4.30%)
 Married 279 (93.94%) 125 (97.66%) 89 (95.70%)
Educational level 0.003
 Junior high school and below 138 (46.46%) 75 (58.59%) 53 (56.99%)
 High school or junior college 62 (20.88%) 30 (23.44%) 25 (26.88%)
 University and above 97 (32.66%) 23 (17.97%) 15 (16.13%)
Alcohol consumption 0.758
 No 263 (88.55%) 111 (86.72%) 80 (86.02%)
 Yes 34 (11.45%) 17 (13.28%) 13 (13.98%)
Smoking 0.733
 No 256 (86.20%) 107 (83.59%) 78 (83.87%)
 Yes 41 (13.80%) 21 (16.41%) 15 (16.13%)
Coffee 0.355
 No 273 (91.92%) 116 (90.62%) 89 (95.70%)
 Yes 24 (8.08%) 12 (9.38%) 4 (4.30%)
Strong tea 0.962
 No 257 (86.53%) 112 (87.50%) 81 (87.10%)
 Yes 40 (13.47%) 16 (12.50%) 12 (12.90%)
Infected with Helicobacter pylori (HP) 0.063
 Not infected 186 (62.63%) 71 (55.47%) 66 (70.97%)
 Infected (including being infected) 111 (37.37%) 57 (44.53%) 27 (29.03%)

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD and categorical variables are expressed as NO. (%).