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. 2024 Dec 9;15:1455122. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1455122

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants stratified by depression category (NHANES 2005–2018).

Characteristic Overall
N(weighted%)
Depression
N(weighted%)
p-value
No Yes
Number 29452 26917(91.39) 2535(8.61)
Age
 20-39
 40-59
 ≥60

10125(36.87)
9635(37.62)
9692(25.51)

9315(36.96)
8631(37.22)
8971(25.83)

810(35.82)
1004(42.55)
721(21.63)
<0.001
Gender
 Female
 Male

14972(51.14)
14480(48.86)

13342(50.03)
13575(49.97)

1630(64.80)
905(35.20)
<0.001
Race
 Mexican American
 Other Hispanic
 Non-Hispanic White
 Non-Hispanic Black
 Other Race

4454(8.00)
2637(5.10)
13096(69.14)
6242(10.73)
3023(7.02)

4076(8.03)
2337(4.95)
11986(69.49)
5682(10.51)
2836(7.02)

378(7.60)
300(7.05)
1110(64.85)
560(13.42)
187(7.07)
<0.001
Marital status
 Married/Living with partner
 Never married
 Widowed/divorced/separated

11851(38.52)
15353(55.97)
2248(5.51)

10432(37.10)
14474(57.56)
2011(5.33)

1419(55.87)
879(36.39)
237(7.74)
<0.001
Education level
 <High school
 =High school
 ≥College

6807(15.36)
6827(22.82)
15818(61.82)

5956(14.58)
6188(22.49)
14773(62.93)

851(24.97)
639(26.84)
1045(48.18)
<0.001
PIR
 <1.3
 ≥1.3, <3.5
 ≥3.5

9114(20.69)
11175(35.72)
9163(43.59)

7770(18.98)
10333(35.67)
8814(45.35)

1344(41.67)
842(36.30)
349(22.03)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
 <18.5
 ≥18.5, <24
 ≥24

446(1.51)
6139(21.79)
22867(76.70)

397(1.48)
5692(22.02)
20828(76.50)

49(1.81)
447(18.97)
2039(79.22)
0.016
Diabetes
 No
 Yes

25592(90.25)
3860(9.75)

23575(90.77)
3342(9.23)

2017(83.86)
518(16.14)
<0.001
Hypertension
 No
 Yes

19014(68.48)
10438(31.52)

17668(69.45)
9249(30.55)

1346(56.54)
1189(43.46)
<0.001
Smoke status
 No
 Yes

16107(54.77)
13345(45.23)

15097(56.11)
11820(43.89)

1010(38.31)
1525(61.69)
<0.001
Alcohol status
 No
 Yes

7497(20.17)
21955(79.83)

6878(20.17)
20039(79.83)

619(20.12)
1916(79.88)
0.958
Employment
 Non-employed
 Part time
 Full time

13292(37.55)
3818(13.61)
12342(48.85)

11600(35.82)
3559(13.74)
11758(50.44)

1692(58.76)
259(11.90)
584(29.34)
<0.001

BMI, body mass index; PIR, poverty-to-income ratio; NHANES, national health and Nutrition Examination Survey.