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. 2021 Feb 3;16(2):e0245868. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245868

Table 3. Comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic groups for depression.

Variable Total sample (N = 3000) Asymptomatic Depression Symptomatic Depression p(4)
M (SD) Md 95% CI p(1) f (%) M p(2) f (%) M p(3)
Sex
 Female 10.39 (8.8) 8 10.0–10.7 0.000+ 1277 (42.6) 4.7 0.000+ 1216 (40.5) 16.0 0.025+ 0.000*
 Male 7.5 (8.5) 4 6.8–8.2 333 (11.1) 1.2 174 (6.0) 15.2
Children
 No children 11.6 (9.3) 10 11.1–12.1 0.000+ 630 (21.0) 5.4 0.000+ 792 (26.4) 16.5 0.016+ 0.000*
 ≤16 years old 9.2 (8.3) 6 8.6–9.8 485 (16.2) 4.7 361 (12.0) 15.2
 >16 years old 7.5 (7.7) 6 6.9–8.0 495 (16.5) 3.9 237 (8.0) 14.9
Occupation
 Employed 9.4 (8.5) 8 9.0–9.9 0.000+ 816 (27.2) 4.8 0.037+ 586 (19.5) 15.9 0.000+ 0.000*
 Autonomous 8.8 (8.1) 6 8.2–9.3 488 (16.0) 4.6 363 (12.1) 14.4
 Unemployed 12.8 (10.12) 10 11.6–14.0 99 (3.3) 4.1 179 (6.0) 17.5
 Retired 7.4 (7.5) 6 6.2–8.5 118 (3.9) 4.3 56 (1.9) 13.8
 Student 14.1 (10) 12 13.0–15.3 89 (3.0) 6.2 206 (6.9) 17.6
Chronic disease
 Yes 11.5 (9.4) 10 10.8–12.2 0.000+ 392 (13.1) 4.7 0.000+ 386 (12.9) 17.6 0.000+ 0.020*
 No 9.3 (8.6) 8 9.0–9.7 1218 (40.6) 1.8 1004 (33.5) 15.2
Close contact with infected people
 Yes 12.4 (9.9) 10 11.6–13.3 0.000+ 241 (8.0) 4.7 0.000+ 261 (8.8) 18.5 0.000+ 0.004*
 No 9.4 (8.5) 8 9.1–9.7 1369 (45.6) 1.9 1129 (37.6) 15.3
Diagnostic of Covid-19
 Yes 17.0 (11.9) 14 14.4–19.5 0.000+ 37 (1.2) 4.7 0.000+ 50 (1.7) 23.8 0.000+ 0.024*
 No 9.7 (8.6) 8 9.4–10.0 1573 (52.4) 2.0 1340 (44.7) 15.6

M = mean, Md = median, SD = standard deviation, f = frequency, CI = confidence interval.

+p(1), p(2), p(3) values from Mann-Whitney/Kruskall-Wallis.

*p(4) values from chi-squared test.