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. 2022 Apr 22;37(7):1307–1315. doi: 10.1111/jgh.15855

Table 4.

Demographic data of probands with depression, unaffected siblings, and controls

Depression probands (A), n = 25 552 Unaffected siblings (B), n = 26 147 Controls (C), n = 104 588 Pvalue Post‐hoc
Age (years, SD) 26.23 8.49 19.43 9.55 19.46 9.57 < 0.001 A > B ~ C
Sex, n (%) < 0.001
Male 9664 37.8 13 929 53.3 55 716 53.3
Female 15 888 62.2 12 218 46.7 48 872 46.7
Income (n, %) < 0.001
≤ 15 840 NTD/month 10 101 39.5 10 120 38.7 40 480 38.7
15 841 ~ 25 000 NTD/month 8744 34.2 7668 29.3 30 672 29.3
≥ 25 001 NTD/month 6706 26.3 8359 32.0 33 436 32.0
Residence, n (%) < 0.001
1 (urbanized) 6940 27.1 6923 26.5 27 692 26.5
2 8553 33.5 8834 33.8 35 336 33.8
3 3555 13.9 3503 13.4 14 012 13.4
4 2598 10.2 2457 9.4 9828 9.4
5 (rural) 3906 15.3 4430 16.9 17 720 16.9
Charlson comorbidity index 0.92 1.16 0.57 0.89 0.51 0.83 < 0.001 A > B > C
Medical comorbidities (n, %)
Hypertension 1098 4.3 605 2.3 2358 2.3 < 0.001 A > B ~ C
Dyslipidemia 1079 4.2 608 2.3 2281 2.2 < 0.001 A > B ~ C
Type 2 diabetes 521 2.0 343 1.3 1295 1.2 < 0.001 A > B ~ C
Obesity 754 3.0 401 1.5 1315 1.3 < 0.001 A > B > C
Smoking 1103 4.3 475 1.8 1457 1.4 < 0.001 A > B > C
IBD (n, per 1000) 18 0.70 25 0.96 58 0.55 0.068
UC 11 0.43 13 0.50 23 0.22 0.029 A ~ B > C
CD 7 0.27 12 0.46 35 0.33 0.499
Age at diagnosis (SD) 32.61 11.80 28.02 9.79 28.15 10.37 0.262
All‐cause clinical visits per year (SD) 8.52 7.45 4.81 4.83 4.77 10.16 < 0.001 A > B ~ C

CD, Crohn's disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; NTD, New Taiwan Dollar; SD, standard deviation; UC, ulcerative colitis.