The Association between Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adults
Table 2
Characteristics of subjects with and without depressive symptoms ()1.
Characteristics
Subjects without depressive symptoms ()
Subjects with depressive symptoms ()
value2
Mean ()
SD (%)
Mean ()
SD (%)
Age (years)
54.5
(10.0)
51.3
(9.0)
0.011
BMI (kg/m2)
23.5
(2.8)
23.8
(3.1)
0.476
Sex
Male
89
(49.2)
44
(51.8)
0.693
Female
92
(50.8)
41
(48.2)
Educational background
≤9 years
97
(53.6)
36
(42.4)
0.087
>9 years
84
(46.4)
49
(57.6)
Marital status
Married
165
(91.2)
72
(84.7)
0.115
Single
16
(8.8)
13
(15.3)
Afternoon nap
Yes
94
(51.9)
40
(47.1)
0.458
No
87
(48.1)
45
(52.9)
Drinking status
Yes
68
(37.6)
34
(40.0)
0.704
No
113
(62.4)
51
(60.0)
Smoking status
Current smoker
23
(12.7)
23
(27.1)
0.009
Former smoker
21
(11.6)
12
(14.1)
Never smoker
137
(75.7)
50
(58.8)
1Participants with a PHQ-9 score of >4 were judged as depressed. 2 values of categorical variables (chi-squared test) and of continuous variables (independent -test).
