Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants and prevalence of high emotional eating (TFEQ-R18V3 ≥ median) and depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 10).
| N (%) | High Emotional Eating, n (%) | P | Depressive Symptoms, n (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1301 | 685 (52.7%) | 242 (18.6%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 508 (39.0%) | 246 (48.4%) | 0.015 | 107 (21.1%) | 0.068 |
| Female | 793 (61.0%) | 439 (55.4%) | 135 (17.0%) | |||
| Age | ≤18 years | 195 (15.2%) | 99 (50.8%) | 0.100 | 34 (17.4%) | 0.943 |
| 19 years | 598 (46.6%) | 334 (55.8%) | 112 (18.7%) | |||
| 20 years | 373 (29.0%) | 194 (52.0%) | 73 (19.6%) | |||
| ≥21 years | 118 (9.2%) | 52 (44.1%) | 22 (18.6%) | |||
| Only child | Yes | 595 (45.7%) | 315 (52.9%) | 0.848 | 106 (17.8%) | 0.504 |
| No | 706 (54.3%) | 370 (52.4%) | 136 (19.3%) | |||
| Registered residence | Urban | 694 (53.3%) | 372 (53.6%) | 0.463 | 142 (20.5%) | 0.065 |
| Rural | 607 (46.7%) | 313 (51.6%) | 100 (16.5%) | |||
| Academic major | Liberal arts | 179 (13.8%) | 108 (60.3%) | 0.025 | 33 (18.4%) | 0.693 |
| Science and technology | 840 (64.6%) | 442 (52.6%) | 163 (19.4%) | |||
| Medicine | 160 (12.3%) | 70 (43.8%) | 25 (15.6%) | |||
| Other | 122 (9.4%) | 65 (53.3%) | 21 (17.2%) | |||
| Monthly expenditure | ≤500 RMB 1 | 20 (1.6%) | 7 (35.0%) | 0.377 | 11 (55.0%) | <0.001 |
| 500–1000 RMB | 265 (20.7%) | 139 (52.5%) | 48 (18.1%) | |||
| 1000–2000 RMB | 897 (69.9%) | 475 (53.0%) | 162 (18.1%) | |||
| >2000 RMB | 101 (7.9%) | 57 (56.4%) | 18 (17.8%) | |||
| BMI | Underweight | 158 (16.1%) | 68 (43.0%) | 0.007 | 20 (12.7%) | 0.101 |
| Normal | 673 (68.7%) | 364 (54.1%) | 123 (18.3%) | |||
| Overweight | 114 (11.6%) | 69 (60.5%) | 19 (16.7%) | |||
| Obese | 34 (3.5%) | 23 (67.6%) | 10 (29.4%) | |||
| Physical activity | Low | 325 (25.0%) | 193 (59.4%) | 0.002 | 53 (23.8%) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 753 (57.9%) | 393 (52.2%) | 111 (14.7%) | |||
| High | 223 (17.1%) | 99 (44.4%) | 78 (24.0%) | |||
| Depressive symptoms | Yes | 242 (18.6%) | 164 (67.8%) | <0.001 | – | |
| No | 1059 (81.5%) | 521 (49.2%) | – | |||
TFEQ-R18V3: three-factor eating questionnaire; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; BMI: body mass index; RMB: Renminbi (Chinese currency, 1 RMB = 0.14 USD). Chi-squared test was performed to compare the groups.