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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population by depressive symptom trajectories

From: Trajectories of depressive symptoms and risk of chronic liver disease: evidence from CHARLS

No. of subjects

All

Low-stable

High-decreasing

High-stable

Moderate increasing

Remitting

p.overall

N = 7351

N = 4621

N = 824

N = 508

N = 844

N = 554

Age, years

57.3 ± 8.73

57.0 ± 8.84

58.0 ± 8.92

57.8 ± 8.08

57.7 ± 8.43

57.3 ± 8.53

0.006

Residence, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Rural

2385 (32.4%)

1704 (36.9%)

205 (24.9%)

101 (19.9%)

212 (25.1%)

163 (29.4%)

 

 Urban

4966 (67.6%)

2917 (63.1%)

619 (75.1%)

407 (80.1%)

632 (74.9%)

391 (70.6%)

 

Gender, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Male

3278 (44.6%)

2380 (51.5%)

308 (37.4%)

116 (22.8%)

289 (34.2%)

185 (33.4%)

 

 Female

4073 (55.4%)

2241 (48.5%)

516 (62.6%)

392 (77.2%)

555 (65.8%)

369 (66.6%)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

      

0.213

 No

6985 (95.0%)

4404 (95.3%)

788 (95.6%)

479 (94.3%)

790 (93.6%)

524 (94.6%)

 

 Yes

366 (4.98%)

217 (4.70%)

36 (4.37%)

29 (5.71%)

54 (6.40%)

30 (5.42%)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

      

0.001

 No

5659 (77.0%)

3630 (78.6%)

627 (76.1%)

369 (72.6%)

622 (73.7%)

411 (74.2%)

 

 Yes

1692 (23.0%)

991 (21.4%)

197 (23.9%)

139 (27.4%)

222 (26.3%)

143 (25.8%)

 

Stroke, n (%)

      

0.002

 No

7227 (98.3%)

4555 (98.6%)

806 (97.8%)

492 (96.9%)

836 (99.1%)

538 (97.1%)

 

 Yes

124 (1.69%)

66 (1.43%)

18 (2.18%)

16 (3.15%)

8 (0.95%)

16 (2.89%)

 

Dyslipidaemia, n (%)

      

0.033

 No

6717 (91.4%)

4254 (92.1%)

748 (90.8%)

449 (88.4%)

761 (90.2%)

505 (91.2%)

 

 Yes

634 (8.62%)

367 (7.94%)

76 (9.22%)

59 (11.6%)

83 (9.83%)

49 (8.84%)

 

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

      

<0.001

 No

7021 (95.5%)

4465 (96.6%)

769 (93.3%)

464 (91.3%)

802 (95.0%)

521 (94.0%)

 

 Yes

330 (4.49%)

156 (3.38%)

55 (6.67%)

44 (8.66%)

42 (4.98%)

33 (5.96%)

 

Chronic heart disease, n (%)

      

<0.001

 No

6643 (90.4%)

4260 (92.2%)

715 (86.8%)

426 (83.9%)

764 (90.5%)

478 (86.3%)

 

 Yes

708 (9.63%)

361 (7.81%)

109 (13.2%)

82 (16.1%)

80 (9.48%)

76 (13.7%)

 

Drinking status, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Never drinker

4959 (67.5%)

2931 (63.4%)

605 (73.4%)

390 (76.8%)

606 (71.8%)

427 (77.1%)

 

 Former drinker

574 (7.81%)

385 (8.33%)

46 (5.58%)

36 (7.09%)

63 (7.46%)

44 (7.94%)

 

 Current drinker

1818 (24.7%)

1305 (28.2%)

173 (21.0%)

82 (16.1%)

175 (20.7%)

83 (15.0%)

 

Smoking status, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Never smokers

4639 (63.1%)

2745 (59.4%)

543 (65.9%)

386 (76.0%)

579 (68.6%)

386 (69.7%)

 

 Ever smoker

539 (7.33%)

380 (8.22%)

60 (7.28%)

21 (4.13%)

54 (6.40%)

24 (4.33%)

 

 Current smoker

2173 (29.6%)

1496 (32.4%)

221 (26.8%)

101 (19.9%)

211 (25.0%)

144 (26.0%)

 

Marital status, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Divorced/separated

/widowed/never married

717 (9.75%)

354 (7.66%)

120 (14.6%)

85 (16.7%)

91 (10.8%)

67 (12.1%)

 

 Married

6634 (90.2%)

4267 (92.3%)

704 (85.4%)

423 (83.3%)

753 (89.2%)

487 (87.9%)

 

Education level, n (%)

      

<0.001

 Below primary school

5058 (68.8%)

2914 (63.1%)

648 (78.6%)

442 (87.0%)

636 (75.4%)

418 (75.5%)

 

 Secondary to vocational school

2104 (28.6%)

1542 (33.4%)

172 (20.9%)

64 (12.6%)

198 (23.5%)

128 (23.1%)

 

 University and above

189 (2.57%)

165 (3.57%)

4 (0.49%)

2 (0.39%)

10 (1.18%)

8 (1.44%)

 

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.3 ± 35.3

24.7 ± 43.8

23.3 ± 4.17

23.2 ± 4.12

24.1 ± 16.8

23.7 ± 3.96

0.724