Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the anxiety and depression group and the control group.
| Characteristics | Total | Anxiety and depression group | Control group | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| N | 69 | 23 | 46 | ||||
| Age, year | 55.52 ± 7.86 | 55.30 ± 8.20 | 55.63 ± 7.78 | 0.872 | |||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.15 ± 3.40 | 24.43 ± 3.21 | 25.51 ± 3.47 | 0.213 | |||
| Male | 34 | 49.3 | 13 | 56.5 | 21 | 45.7 | 0.395 |
| Married | 66 | 95.7 | 21 | 91.3 | 45 | 97.8 | 0.210 |
| Highest education level | 0.114 | ||||||
| Primary school or below | 29 | 42 | 10 | 43.5 | 9 | 19.6 | |
| Junior or senior high school | 38 | 55.1 | 11 | 47.8 | 27 | 58.7 | |
| Undergraduate or over | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Household income (10,000 RMB/year) | 0.886 | ||||||
| <3.0 | 12 | 17.4 | 4 | 17.4 | 8 | 17.4 | |
| 3.0–7.0 | 47 | 68.1 | 15 | 65.2 | 32 | 69.6 | |
| 7.0–11.0 | 10 | 14.5 | 4 | 17.4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Smoking status | 0.175 | ||||||
| Do not smoke now | 58 | 84.1 | 19 | 82.6 | 39 | 84.8 | |
| Only occasionally | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.7 | |
| Most days or almost every day | 7 | 10.1 | 4 | 17.4 | 3 | 6.5 | |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.102 | ||||||
| Never or almost never | 61 | 88.4 | 21 | 91.3 | 40 | 87 | |
| Only occasionally | 5 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10.9 | |
| Most days or almost every day | 3 | 4.3 | 2 | 8.7 | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Hot food (high temperature) | 0.549 | ||||||
| Often | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | |
| Seldom | 67 | 97.1 | 23 | 100 | 44 | 95.7 | |
| Life satisfaction | 0.084 | ||||||
| Very satisfied | 8 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17.4 | |
| Satisfied | 58 | 84.1 | 22 | 95.7 | 36 | 78.3 | |
| Just so so | 3 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 2 | 4.3 | |