Table 3. Association between demographic characteristics and depressive status of the pectus excavatum patients after surgery.

Characteristics	Postoperative patients without depressive status, n (%)	Postoperative patients with depressive status, n (%)	p value
Age
11–16	63 (33.16%)	14 (18.42%)	0.039
17–22	103 (54.21%)	47 (61.84%)
≥23	24 (12.63%)	15 (19.74%)
Gender
Male	164 (86.32%)	64 (84.21%)	0.803
Female	26 (13.68%)	12 (15.79%)
Education
≤Junior middle school	54 (28.42%)	14 (18.42%)	0.222
Senior middle school	61 (32.11%)	26 (34.21%)
≥College	75 (39.47%)	36 (47.37%)
Marital status
Unmarried	185 (97.37%)	74 (97.37%)	0.672
Married	5 (2.63%)	2 (2.63%)
PE status*
HI	4.15 ± 1.21	4.28 ± 1.17	0.484
Suffering year	9.23 ± 5.82	11.17 ± 7.22	0.028

^*Data given as mean ± SD. PE: pectus excavatum; HI: Haller index