Table 1.
The prevalence between health behaviors and depression among college students
| Demographic variables | Total | Depression | χ2 value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild stress | Moderate stress | Moderate-severe stress | Severe stress | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 5056(42.9) | 709(14.0) | 208(4.1) | 171(3.4) | 43(0.9) | 84.35** |
| Female | 6731(57.1) | 1313(19.5) | 361(5.4) | 171(2.5) | 77(1.1) | |
| Residential areas | ||||||
| Rural | 5660(48.0) | 942(16.6) | 286(5.1) | 153(2.7) | 50(0.9) | 6.79 |
| Urban | 6127(52.0) | 1080(17.6) | 283(4.6) | 189(3.1) | 70(1.1) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| ≤ 19 | 3860(32.7) | 667(17.3) | 165(4.3) | 85(2.2) | 33(0.9) | 27.47** |
| 20–22 | 6426(54.5) | 1116(17.4) | 333(5.2) | 224(3.5) | 73(1.1) | |
| ≥ 23 | 1501(12.7) | 239(15.9) | 71(4.7) | 33(2.2) | 14(0.9) | |
| Regional areas | ||||||
| Area 1 | 597(5.1) | 114(19.1) | 38(6.4) | 23(3.9) | 12(2.0) | 25.57* |
| Area 2 | 2237(19.0) | 409(18.3) | 97(4.3) | 61(2.7) | 12(0.5) | |
| Area 3 | 2750(23.3) | 481(17.5) | 134(4.9) | 75(2.7) | 28(1.0) | |
| Area 4 | 6203(52.6) | 1018(16.4) | 300(4.8) | 183(3.0) | 68(1.1) | |
| Students type | ||||||
| Medical students | 5770(49.0) | 898(15.6) | 255(4.4) | 134(2.3) | 51(0.9) | 46.87** |
| Non-medical students | 6017(51.0) | 1124(18.7) | 314(5.2) | 208(3.5) | 69(1.1) | |
| Grade | ||||||
| Freshmen | 2930(24.9) | 484(16.5) | 134(4.6) | 67(2.3) | 23(0.8) | 22.35 |
| Sophomore | 2609(22.1) | 453(17.4) | 137(5.3) | 85(3.3) | 32(1.2) | |
| Junior | 2667(22.6) | 481(18.0) | 123(4.6) | 91(3.4) | 29(1.1) | |
| Senior | 2314(19.6) | 407(17.6) | 117(5.1) | 71(3.1) | 24(1.0) | |
| Fifth-grade | 1267(10.7) | 197(15.5) | 58(4.6) | 28(2.2) | 12(0.9) | |
| ST | ||||||
| >4 h | 5570(47.3) | 1126(20.2) | 349(6.3) | 195(3.5) | 71(1.3) | 196.15** |
| 2–4 h | 3706(31.4) | 560(15.1) | 119(3.2) | 57(1.5) | 20(0.5) | |
| ≤ 2 h | 2511(21.3) | 336(13.4) | 101(4.0) | 90(3.6) | 29(1.2) | |
| PA | ||||||
| ≥ 3 d | 3453(29.3) | 491(14.2) | 99(2.9) | 80(2.3) | 25(0.7) | 95.27** |
| <3 d | 8334(70.7) | 1531(18.4) | 470(5.6) | 262(3.1) | 95(1.1) | |
| Soda beverages | ||||||
| None | 8585(72.8) | 1413(16.5) | 360(4.2) | 217(2.5) | 84(1.0) | 172.88** |
| Less than one bottle | 2682(22.9) | 505(18.8) | 150(5.6) | 83(3.1) | 24(0.9) | |
| One bottle | 375(3.2) | 70(18.7) | 49(13.1) | 27(7.2) | 6(1.6) | |
| Two to three bottles | 109(0.9) | 27(24.8) | 8(7.3) | 12(11.0) | 4(3.7) | |
| More than four bottles | 36(0.3) | 7(19.4) | 2(5.6) | 3(8.3) | 2(5.6) | |
| Tea beverages | ||||||
| None | 9374(79.5) | 1550(16.5) | 418(4.5) | 229(2.4) | 88(0.9) | 157.10** |
| Less than one bottle | 1929(16.4) | 383(19.9) | 98(5.1) | 75(3.9) | 12(1.1) | |
| One bottle | 383(3.2) | 70(18.3) | 46(12.0) | 26(6.8) | 6(1.6) | |
| Two to three bottles | 68(0.6) | 14(20.6) | 6(8.8) | 6(8.8) | 2(2.9) | |
| More than four bottles | 33(0.3) | 5(15.2) | 1(3.0) | 6(18.2) | 2(6.1) | |
| Vitamin | ||||||
| Yes | 2302(19.5) | 400(17.4) | 132(5.7) | 90(3.9) | 32(1.4) | 21.29** |
| No | 9485(80.5) | 1622(17.1) | 437(4.6) | 252(2.7) | 88(0.9) | |
| Chinese herbal medicine | ||||||
| Yes | 1312(11.1) | 259(19.7) | 82(6.3) | 86(6.6) | 17(1.3) | 93.54** |
| No | 10,475(88.9) | 1763(16.8) | 487(4.6) | 256(2.4) | 103(1.0) | |
| Worse appetite than before | ||||||
| None | 10,349(87.8) | 1400(13.5) | 314(3.0) | 106(1.0) | 24(0.2) | 6635.89** |
| Sometimes | 1007(8.5) | 546(54.2) | 166(16.5) | 72(7.1) | 19(1.9) | |
| Half of the day | 290(2.5) | 55(19.0) | 68(23.4) | 133(45.9) | 22(7.6) | |
| All the time | 141(1.2) | 21(14.9) | 21(14.9) | 31(22.0) | 55(39) | |
| Worse vigor than before | ||||||
| None | 9428(80.0) | 965(10.2) | 181(1.9) | 39(0.4) | 10(0.1) | 8650.21** |
| Sometimes | 1752(14.9) | 928(53.0) | 252(14.4) | 93(5.3) | 11(0.6) | |
| Half of the day | 414(3.5) | 107(25.8) | 101(24.4) | 156(37.7) | 28(6.8) | |
| All the time | 193(1.6) | 22(11.4) | 35(18.1) | 54(28.0) | 71(36.8) | |
| Meal frequency | ||||||
| Decreased | 1157(9.8) | 328(28.3) | 139(12.0) | 111(9.6) | 50(4.3) | 932.84** |
| Increased | 1591(17.5) | 336(21.1) | 111(7.0) | 95(6.0) | 30(1.9) | |
| Unchanged | 9039(66.9) | 1358(15.0) | 319(3.5) | 136(1.5) | 40(0.4) | |