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. 2012 Aug 31;12:724. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-724

Table 1.

General characteristics of the study population with and without depression (n = 20,084)

Characteristics Men (n = 9,118)
Women (n = 10,966)
Non-depression (n = 8,702) Depression (n = 416) Non-depression (n = 10,094) Depression (n = 872)
Age (years)
46.5 ± 0.4
56.4 ± 2.1*
50.1 ± 0.5
58.6 ± 1.8*
Smoking status
 
 
 
 
Never smokers
2,687 (30.9)
99 (22.1)*
9,843 (97.7)
798 (89.3)
Former smokers
2,333 (24.0)
138 (28.7)
76 (0.3)
23 (2.8)
Current smokers
3,682 (45.0)
179 (49.1)
175 (1.6)
51 (7.8)
Pack-years of smoking
13.8 ± 0.4
20.3 ± 2.4*
0.2 ± 0.2
1.3 ± 0.5
Age of starting smoking
20.7 ± 0.1
20.8 ± 0.6
31.0 ± 2.0
35.6 ± 5.3
Duration of smoking cessation
13.0 ± 0.6
17.9 ± 3.9*
16.3 ± 4.0
15.5 ± 6.5*
Household Income
 
 
 
 
< one million won
2,494 (20.1)
260 (53.6)*
3,735 (26.7)
538 (53.2)*
< two million won
2,127 (21.1)
75 (18.3)
2,256 (20.6)
129 (15.9)
< three million won
1,655 (21.8)
27 (9.7)
1,647 (19.2)
94 (15.0)
≧ three million won
2,421 (36.8)
53 (18.2)
2,450 (33.3)
110 (15.7)
Education level
 
 
 
 
Uneducated
805 (5.8)
116 (22.2)*
3,153 (22.1)
489 (48.3)*
Elementary and Middle school
3,360 (28.3)
176 (38.0)
3,497 (29.4)
209 (22.5)
High school and College
4,537 (65.8)
123 (39.7)
3,441 (48.4)
174 (29.0)
Marital status
 
 
 
 
Married/partnered
6,573 (68.5)
255 (54.2)*
6,482 (64.4)
363 (40.2)*
Never married/non-partnered
2,129 (31.4)
160 (45.7)
3,611 (35.5)
509 (59.7)
Job status
 
 
 
 
Non-manual
1,332 (19.5)
20 (6.8)*
982 (13.9)
43 (6.8)*
Manual
5,814 (61.2)
155 (37.1)
4,518 (36.9)
237 (25.1)
Others
1,558 (19.2)
241 (56.0)
4,594 (49.0)
592 (68.0)
Hypertension
1,607 (13.7)
118 (24.6)*
2,475 (18.3)
319 (33.8)*
Diabetes Mellitus
715 (6.5)
63 (14.5)
766 (5.9)
119 (12.6)
Cerebrovascular disease
363 (3.0)
65 (8.9)*
413 (3.2)
100 (9.8)*
Body Mass Index (BMI)
24.0 ± 0.2
24.2 ± 1.8
24.6 ± 0.4
28.1 ± 2.1*
Physical activity 2,971 (33.2) 82 (19.4)* 2,608 (23.8) 164 (16.8)*

Data are presented as mean (standard error) or unweighted number (weighted percent).

* p <0.001.

p <0.05.