Table 3.
Demographic characteristic of participants suspected depression∗ among all recruited participants.
| N = 265 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruited subjects | Northern (N = 131) |
Central (N = 494) |
Southern (N = 718) |
Eastern (N = 269) |
P value | Total (N = 1612) |
| Number (n, %) |
21 16.0% |
75 15.2% |
127 17.7% |
42 15.6% |
0.675 | 265 16.4% |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) |
56.4 ± 14.8 | 51.4 ± 15.2 | 59.7 ± 17.1 | 67.8 ± 14.7 | <0.001 | 58.4 ± 16.8 |
| Sex (Female/n, %) |
17 81.0% |
43 58.9% |
87 70.7% |
26 61.9% |
0.154 | 173 66.8% |
| CES-D score (mean ± SD) |
25.2 ± 10.6 | 23.3 ± 6.6 | 22.3 ± 6.0 | 25.1 ± 7.8 | 0.067 | 23.2 ± 7.0 |
*Defined as CES-D total score ≧16.