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Table 1 Participants’ general characteristics

From: The impact of sitting time and physical activity on major depressive disorder in South Korean adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Depression

Total

Yes

No

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

p-value

Sitting time (hours)

 < 5

1059

(25.55)

86

(8.12)

973

(91.88)

0.0012

 5–7

1195

(28.83)

107

(8.95)

1088

(91.05)

 8–10

1152

(27.79)

136

(11.81)

1016

(88.19)

 >10

739

(17.83)

95

(12.86)

644

(87.14)

Sex

 Men

1664

(40.14)

112

(6.73)

1552

(93.27)

<.0001

 Women

2481

(59.86)

312

(12.58)

2169

(87.42)

Age (year)

 20–29

422

(10.18)

53

(12.56)

369

(87.44)

0.0056

 30–39

753

(18.17)

69

(9.16)

684

(90.84)

 40–49

728

(17.56)

56

(7.69)

672

(92.31)

 50–59

806

(19.45)

77

(9.55)

729

(90.45)

 60–69

758

(18.29)

78

(10.29)

680

(89.71)

 70+

678

(16.36)

91

(13.42)

587

(86.58)

Household income level

 Low

759

(18.31)

157

(20.69)

602

(79.31)

<.0001

 Lower middle

1030

(24.85)

105

(10.19)

925

(89.81)

 Upper middle

1214

(29.29)

88

(7.25)

1126

(92.75)

 High

1142

(27.55)

74

(6.48)

1068

(93.52)

Educational levels

 Middle school or below

1439

(34.72)

196

(13.62)

1243

(86.38)

<.0001

 High school

1332

(32.14)

128

(9.61)

1204

(90.39)

 Above college

1374

(33.15)

100

(7.28)

1274

(92.72)

Occupation

 White collar

927

(22.36)

50

(5.39)

877

(94.61)

<.0001

 Pink collar

500

(12.06)

53

(10.60)

447

(89.40)

 Blue collar

989

(23.86)

76

(7.68)

913

(92.32)

 Unemployed, housewife or students

1729

(41.71)

245

(14.17)

1484

(85.83)

Marital status

 Single

564

(13.61)

66

(11.70)

498

(88.30)

<.0001

 Married

3069

(74.04)

259

(8.44)

2810

(91.56)

 Separated

512

(12.35)

99

(19.34)

413

(80.66)

Physical activity

 No

1968

(47.48)

228

(11.59)

1740

(88.41)

<.0001

 Yes

2177

(52.52)

196

(9.00)

1981

(91.00)

Obesity (BMI, kg/m2)

 Low-weight (< 18.5)

171

(4.13)

33

(19.30)

138

(80.70)

<.0001

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

2652

(63.98)

258

(9.73)

2394

(90.27)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

1149

(27.72)

107

(9.31)

1042

(90.69)

 Obesity (≥ 30.0)

173

(4.17)

26

(15.03)

147

(84.97)

Current Smoking status

 No

3408

(82.22)

340

(9.98)

3068

(90.02)

<.0001

 Yes

737

(17.78)

84

(11.40)

653

(88.60)

Alcohol use

 No

1986

(47.91)

226

(11.38)

1760

(88.62)

<.0001

 Yes

2159

(52.09)

198

(9.17)

1961

(90.83)

Number of chronic diseasesa

 0

2239

(54.02)

196

(8.75)

2043

(91.25)

<.0001

 1

1133

(27.33)

110

(9.71)

1023

(90.29)

 ≥ 2

773

(18.65)

118

(15.27)

655

(84.73)

Total

4145

(100.00)

424

(10.23)

3721

(89.77)

 
  1. aNumber of chronic diseases: Hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, thyroid gland disorder, chronic renal failure, hepatitis B