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. 2020 Mar 17;11:207. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00207

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of the weighted sample.

United States, NHANES 2005-2016
Men
(n = 7,472; nw = 5.05 x 107)
Women
(n = 7,824; nw = 5.63 x 107)
No depression
(n = 7,053;
nw = 4.81 x 107)
Depression
(n = 419;
nw = 2.39 x 106)
No depression
(n = 7,070;
nw = 5.19 x 107)
Depression
(n = 754;
nw = 4.45 x 106)
Categorical variables
Percent, (95% CI)
High blood pressure, yes 43.7 (41.9-45.6) 54.3 (47.1-61.2) 44.2 (42.5-45.9) 58.4 (53.7-63.0)
High cholesterol level, yes 49.6 (48.0-51.3) 53.6 (46.3-60.7) 45.0 (43.5-46.5) 55.3 (50.7-59.8)
Diabetes, yes 14.7 (13.5-15.9) 18.7 (15.0-23.2) 11.8 (10.9-12.9) 23.5 (19.9-27.6)
History of chest pain, yes 26.1 (24.7-27.6) 52.0 (44.5-59.5) 24.2 (23.0-25.5) 48.6 (43.9-53.4)
Cerebral stroke, yes 3.7 (3.2-4.4) 9.6 (6.5-14.1) 3.7 (3.2-4.3) 8.8 (6.4-11.9)
Monthly income (≥ $2,900) 68.6 (61.1-76.7) 40.2 (22.1-72.1) 59.5 (57.3-61.5) 38.0 (33.2-42.9)
Living with partner, yes 76.9 (75.1-78.6) 54.4 (47.8-60.9) 63.5 (44.5-62.0) 44.5 (40.3-48.8)
Education level, bachelor's degree 63.4 (60.9-65.8) 41.1 (34.7-47.9) 63.6 (61.3-65.7) 48.7 (43.6-53.8)
Continuous variables
Mean, (95% CI)
Age (year) 57.4 (57.0-57.8) 56.2 (55.0-57.4) 58.3 (57.9-58.7) 55.8 (54.7-56.8)
Dietary energy intake (kcal/day) 2429.7 (2396.3-2463.1) 2342.4 (2201.9-2482.9) 1766.6 (1744.7-1788.4) 1698.3 (1634.1-1762.5)
Energy intake from carbohydrates (%) 47.7 (47.4-48.1) 48.7 (47.0-50.3) 48.5 (48.1-49.0) 51.6 (50.3-52.8)
Energy intake from proteins (%) 15.9 (15.7-16.0) 14.8 (14.3-15.4) 15.9 (15.7-16.0) 14.5 (14.0-15.1)
Energy intake from fats (%) 34.6 (34.3-34.9) 33.7 (32.5-34.9) 34.6 (34.3-35.0) 33.7 (32.7-34.8)
BMI (kg/m2) 29.4 (29.2-29.6) 29.5 (28.7-30.4) 29.4 (29.2-29.7) 32.9 (32.1-33.6)
PHQ-9 total score 1.7 (1.6-1.8) 13.5 (13.1-13.9) 2.3 (2.2-2.4) 13.6 (13.3-13.9)
South Korea, K-NHANES 2014 and 2016
Men
(n = 3,090; nw = 1.07 x 107)
Women
(n = 4,852; nw = 1.39 x 107)
No depression
(n = 2,975;
nw = 1.04 x 107)
Depression
(n = 115;
nw = 3.66 x 105)
No depression
(n = 4,469;
nw = 1.28x 107)
Depression
(n = 383;
nw = 1.06 x 106)
Categorical variables
Percent, (95% CI)
High blood pressure, yes 24.5 (22.7-26.3) 36.4 (26.4-47.7) 20.3 (18.9-21.8) 31.3 (26.3-36.7)
High cholesterol level, yes 14.6 (13.2-16.1) 13.2 (7.8-21.6) 15.7 (14.5-17.0) 24.7 (20.0-30.0)
Diabetes, yes 10.0 (8.9-11.2) 23.1 (14.8-34.2) 7.2 (6.4-8.2) 15.9 (12.1-20.7)
History of chest pain, yes 3.0 (2.5-3.6) 5.9 (2.9-11.8) 1.7 (1.4-2.2) 7.8 (5.2-11.5)
Cerebral stroke, yes 2.2 (1.7-2.8) 9.8 (5.1-18.1) 1.3 (1.0-1.7) 4.9 (3.2-7.5)
Monthly income (> 25% percentile) 27.0 (24.6-29.5) 16.6 (10.1-26.0) 27.0 (12.4-25.8) 12.4 (8.9-17.2)
Living with partner, yes 93.8 (92.6-94.8) 78.7 (69.0-85.9) 83.6 (82.1-84.9) 61.9 (56.4-67.1)
Education level, bachelor's degree 48.3 (45.5-51.1) 35.0 (23.8-48.0) 35.1 (33.0-37.2) 20.7 (16.2-26.0)
Continuous variables
Mean, (95% CI)
Age (year) 52.4 (51.7-53.0) 52.7 (49.3-56.1) 51.3 (50.7-52.0) 55.3 (53.3-57.3)
Dietary energy intake (kcal/day) 2395.7 (2353.9-2437.5) 2388.4 (2157.7-2619.1) 1714.7 (1689.2-1740.1) 1545.2 (1462.4-1628.0)
Energy intake from carbohydrates (%) 60.6 (60.0-61.2) 59.0 (55.9-62.1) 65.5 (65.0-66.0) 68.5 (67.0-70.1)
Energy intake from proteins (%) 13.9 (13.8-14.1) 13.0 (11.7-14.3) 13.9 (13.8-14.1) 13.2 (12.8-13.6)
Energy intake from fats (%) 18.5 (18.2-18.9) 17.0 (15.4-18.7) 18.8 (18.5-19.2) 16.7 (15.6-17.8)
BMI (kg/m2) 24.5 (24.4-24.6) 23.7 (23.0-24.4) 23.6 (23.4-23.7) 24.0 (23.6-24.5)
PHQ-9 total score 1.5 (1.5-1.6) 13.5 (12.7-14.2) 2.2 (2.2-2.3) 14.1 (13.6-14.5)

BMI, body mass index; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire; CI, Confidence Interval; n, unweighted number of samples; nw, weighted number of samples.

p < 0.001.

All categorical variables were significantly different between depression and non-depression.