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. 2022 Dec 6;22:2282. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14624-5

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics classified according to subsequent onset of depressive symptoms

Variables 2011–2013 incidence depressive symptom (N = 3118,%) P1 2011–2015 incidence depressive symptom (N = 3118,%) P2 2013–2015 incidence depressive symptom (N = 2472,%) P3
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Age(years) 0.254 0.102 0.653
 45–54 892(77.50) 259(22.50) 823(71.5) 328(28.5) 681(76.35) 211(23.65)
 55–64 1010(80.16) 250(19.84) 911(72.3) 349(27.7) 772(76.44) 238(23.56)
 65–74 477(80.17) 118(19.83) 457(76.81) 138(23.19) 377(79.04) 100(20.96)
  ≥ 75 93(83.04) 19(16.96) 84(75.00) 28(25.00) 73(78.49) 20(21.51)
Sex < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
 Male 1399(82.34) 300(17.66) 1327(78.10) 372(21.90) 1129(80.70) 270(19.3)
 Female 1073(75.62) 346(24.38) 948(66.81) 471(33.19) 774(72.13) 299(27.87)
Education 0.050 < 0.001 0.001
 Illiterate 479(75.91) 152(24.09) 424(67.19) 207(32.81) 346(72.23) 133(27.77)
 Less than elementary school 1660(79.65) 424(20.35) 1536(73.70) 548(26.30) 1287(77.53) 373(22.47)
 High school 227(81.65) 51(18.35) 212(76.26) 66(23.74) 175(77.09) 52(22.91)
 Above vocational school 106(84.8) 19(15.20) 103(82.40) 22(17.60) 95(89.62) 11(10.38)
Marital status 0.417 0.866 0.516
 Single 2278(79.46) 589(20.54) 2093(73.00) 774(27.00) 1750(76.82) 528(23.18)
 Married 194(77.29) 57(22.71) 182(72.51) 69(27.49) 153(78.87) 41(21.13)
Current residence 0.003 0.033 0.055
 Rural 2253(78.64) 612(21.36) 2076(72.46) 789(27.54) 1723(76.48) 530(23.52)
 Urban 219(86.56) 34(13.44) 199(78.66) 54(21.34) 180(82.19) 39(17.81)
Smoking status 0.060 < 0.001 0.008
 No 1394(77.88) 396(22.12) 1251(69.89) 539(30.11) 1041(74.68) 353(25.32)
 Former smoke 222(82.84) 46(17.16) 205(76.49) 63(23.51) 177(79.73) 45(20.27)
 Current smoke 856(80.75) 204(19.25) 819(77.26) 241(22.74) 685(80.02) 171(19.98)
Alcohol consumption 0.029 < 0.001 < 0.001
 No 1545(77.99) 436(22.01) 1388(70.07) 593(29.93) 1156(74.82) 389(25.18)
 Less than once a month 208(78.79) 56(21.21) 189(71.59) 75(28.41) 156(75.00) 52(25.00)
 More than once a month 719(82.36) 154(17.64) 698(79.95) 175(20.05) 591(82.2) 128(17.8)
Having regular exercises 0.880 0.812 0.885
 No exercise 1484(79.27) 388(20.73) 1371(73.24) 501(26.76) 1147(77.29) 337(22.71)
 Less than exercises 488(78.71) 132(21.29) 446(71.94) 174(28.06) 372(76.23) 116(23.77)
 Regular exercises 500(79.87) 126(20.13) 458(73.16) 168(26.84) 384(76.80) 116(23.20)
Taking activities 0.019 0.021 0.127
 No 1104(77.42) 322(22.58) 1012(70.97) 414(29.03) 834(75.54) 270(24.46)
 Yes 1368(80.85) 324(19.15) 1263(74.65) 429(25.35) 1069(78.14) 299(21.86)
Chronic disease(counts) 0.032 0.003 0.226
 0 1034(81.1) 241(18.90) 961(75.37) 314(24.63) 811(78.43) 223(21.57)
 1–2 1155(78.79) 311(21.21) 1063(72.51) 403(27.49) 883(76.45) 272(23.55)
 3–14 283(75.07) 94(24.93) 251(66.58) 126(33.42) 209(73.85) 74(26.15)
BMI changes 0.194 0.468 0.459
  > -3% 436(75.69) 140(24.31) 1027(74.58) 350(25.42) 873(78.72) 236(21.28)
 -3–3% 1109(80.54) 268(19.46) 412(71.53) 164(28.47) 327(75.00) 109(25.00)
 3–6% 462(79.25) 121(20.75) 418(71.7) 165(28.3) 350(75.76) 112(24.24)
 6–9% 223(79.36) 58(20.64) 199(70.82) 82(29.18) 168(75.34) 55(24.66)
  > 9% 242(80.4) 59(19.6) 219(72.76) 82(27.24) 185(76.45) 57(23.55)