General characteristics of subjects according to depressive symptom
| Characteristics | Non-depression | Depression |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.020 | ||
| Male | 634 (89.8) | 72 (10.2) | |
| Female | 698 (85.9) | 115 (14.1) | |
| Age (y) | 0.001 | ||
| 19–29 | 587 (84.7) | 106 (15.3) | |
| 30–39 | 745 (90.2) | 81 (9.8) | |
| Household income level | 0.499 | ||
| Low | 326 (85.6) | 55 (14.4) | |
| Mid low | 342 (89.1) | 42 (10.9) | |
| Mid high | 328 (87.9) | 45 (12.1) | |
| High | 336 (88.2) | 45 (11.8) | |
| Education level | 0.001 | ||
| ≤Elementary school | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Middle school | 18 (75.0) | 6 (25.0) | |
| High school | 469 (85.1) | 82 (14.9) | |
| ≥College | 843 (89.7) | 97 (10.3) | |
| Occupation | 0.029 | ||
| No | 407 (85.0) | 72 (15.0) | |
| Yes | 925 (88.9) | 115 (11.1) | |
| Family number | 0.038 | ||
| 1 | 119 (81.0) | 28 (19.0) | |
| 2 | 183 (86.3) | 29 (13.7) | |
| 3 | 434 (89.7) | 50 (10.3) | |
| ≥4 | 596 (88.2) | 80 (11.8) | |
| Spouse status | <0.001 | ||
| Unmarried | 692 (84.4) | 128 (15.6) | |
| With spouse | 624 (91.8) | 56 (8.2) | |
| Married but without spouse | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | |
| Perceived health status | <0.001 | ||
| Good | 471 (92.0) | 41 (8.0) | |
| Moderate | 716 (87.6) | 101 (12.4) | |
| Bad | 145 (76.3) | 45 (23.7) | |
| Hypertension | 20 (80.0) | 5 (20.0) | 0.222 |
| Dyslipidemia | 19 (82.6) | 4 (17.4) | 0.515 |
| Angina or myocardial infarction | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0.231 |
| Diabetes | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 0.064 |
| Thyroid disease | 16 (94.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0.711 |
| Cancer | 17 (89.5) | 2 (10.5) | >0.999 |
| Asthma | 18 (81.8) | 4 (18.2) | 0.337 |
| Atopic dermatitis | 46 (88.5) | 6 (11.5) | 0.863 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 270 (86.0) | 44 (14.0) | 0.303 |
| Alcohol drinking | 0.115 | ||
| <1/mo | 406 (86.6) | 63 (13.4) | |
| 1/mo≤frequency<2/wk | 604 (89.6) | 70 (10.4) | |
| ≥2/wk | 322 (85.6) | 54 (14.4) | |
| Average sleep duration | 0.216 | ||
| <7 h | 457 (85.9) | 75 (14.1) | |
| 7 h≤sleep duration<9 h | 731 (88.3) | 97 (11.7) | |
| ≥9 h | 144 (90.6) | 15 (9.4) | |
| Stress perception | <0.001 | ||
| Low | 899 (94.1) | 56 (5.9) | |
| High | 433 (76.8) | 131 (23.2) | |
| Smoking | 0.012 | ||
| Non-smoker | 837 (88.7) | 107 (11.3) | |
| Ex-smoker | 208 (90.4) | 22 (9.6) | |
| Smoker | 287 (83.2) | 58 (16.8) | |
| Physical activity level | 0.164 | ||
| Low | 618 (89.3) | 74 (10.7) | |
| Moderate | 600 (86.7) | 92 (13.3) | |
| High | 114 (84.4) | 21 (15.6) | |
| Body mass index | 0.363 | ||
| Underweight | 92 (86.8) | 14 (13.2) | |
| Normal | 847 (88.6) | 109 (11.4) | |
| Obese | 393 (86.0) | 64 (14.0) |
Values are presented as number (%).
aDepression: ≥2 weeks of continuing depressive mood.
Analyzed by chi-square test (categorical variable). P-value by chi-square test (categorical variable).