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. 2016 Nov 14;22(42):9437–9444. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i42.9437

Table 1.

Detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms in subjects with different demographic characteristics

Variable n (%) Depression symptoms
Anxiety symptoms
n (%) χ2 P value n (%) χ2 P value
Sex 1.681 0.195 0.779 0.377
Male 937 (53.97) 279 (29.78) 245 (26.15)
Female 799 (46.03) 332 (32.67) 224 (28.04)
Age, yr 48.522 < 0.001 24.254 < 0.001
18-30 164 (9.45) 38 (23.17) 31 (18.90)
30-40 234 (13.48) 57 (24.36) 50 (21.37)
40-50 363 (20.91) 81 (22.31) 83 (22.87)
50-60 375 (21.60) 135 (36.00) 123 (32.80)
60-70 339 (19.53) 114 (33.63) 95 (28.02)
> 70 261 (15.03) 115 (44.06) 87 (33.33)
Marital status 14.656 0.001 8.490 0.014
Married 1523 (87.73) 478 (31.39) 416 (27.31)
Divorced/widowed 104 (5.99) 43 (41.35) 35 (33.65)
Unmarried 109 (6.28) 19 (17.43) 18 (16.51)
Education 55.293 < 0.001 13.184 0.010
Primary school or below 386 (22.24) 176 (45.60) 128 (33.16)
Junior high school 440 (25.35) 137 (31.14) 120 (27.27)
Senior high school or polytechnic school 424 (24.42) 108 (25.47) 105 (24.76)
College or bachelor’s degree 454 (26.15) 114 (25.11) 112 (24.67)
Master’s degree or above 32 (1.84) 5 (15.63) 4 (12.50)
Body mass index, kg/m2 16.273 < 0.001 9.092 0.011
< 18.5 88 (5.07) 42 (47.19) 31 (34.83)
18.5-23.99 947 (54.55) 307 (32.42) 274 (28.93)
≥ 24 697 (40.15) 191 (27.29) 164 (23.43)
Chronic pain 6.426 0.011 1.540 0.215
Yes 262 (15.09) 99 (37.79) 79 (30.15)
No 1474 (84.91) 441 (29.92) 390 (26.46)
Daily activities 132.199 < 0.001 108.699 < 0.001
Non-limited 1457 (83.93) 373 (25.60) 325 (22.31)
Limited but independent 253 (14.57) 147 (58.10) 125 (49.41)
Limited but dependent 26 (1.50) 20 (76.92) 19 (73.08)
Sleep quality 87.741 < 0.001 53.651 < 0.001
Good 539 (31.05) 104 (19.29) 99 (18.37)
Fair 898 (51.73) 285 (31.74) 245 (27.28)
Poor or very poor 299 (17.23) 151 (50.50) 125 (41.81)