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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by mental health disorders (n = 130,078)

From: Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adult population: results from the PERSIAN cohort study

 

All participants

Poor mental health

Good mental health

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age groups

 35–40

27,094 (20.83)

1094 (4.04)

26,000 (95.96)

 40–45

24,195 (18.60)

1189 (4.91)

23,006 (95.09)

 45–50

22,489 (17.29)

1468 (6.53)

21,021 (93.47)

 50–55

20,160 (15.50)

1601 (7.94)

18,559 (92.06)

 55–60

17,442 (13.41)

1431 (8.20)

16,011 (91.80)

 60–65

12,154 (9.34)

984 (8.10)

11,170 (91.90)

 65 >

6544 (5.03)

581 (8.88)

5963 (91.12)

Gender

 Male

58,251 (44.78)

2499 (4.29)

55,752 (95.71)

 Female

71,827 (55.22)

5849 (8.14)

65,978 (91.86)

Marital status

 Single

2953 (2.27)

176 (5.96)

2777 (94.04)

 Married

118,290 (90.94)

7239 (6.12)

111,051 (93.88)

 Divorced

1447 (1.11)

125 (8.64)

1322 (91.36)

 widowed

7305 (5.62)

802 (10.98)

6503 (89.02)

 other

83 (0.06)

6 (7.23)

77 (92.77)

Water-pipe use

 No

114,594 (88.92)

7395 (6.45)

107,199 (93.55)

 Yes

14,284 (11.08)

949 (6.47)

13,335 (93.53)

Alcohol Use

 No

117,225 (90.96)

7737 (6.60)

109,488 (93.40)

 Yes

11,652 (9.04)

606 (5.20)

11.046 (94.80)

Drug use

 No

113,514 (88.08)

7143 (6.29)

106,371 (93.71)

 Yes

15.363 (11.92)

1201 (7.82)

14,162 (92.18)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

91,174 (77.81)

6636 (7.28)

84,538 (92.72)

 Ex-smoker

9166 (7.82)

589 (6.43)

8577 (93.57)

 Smoker

16,831 (14.36)

1112 (6.61)

15,719 (93.39)

Physical activity (Daily METs)

  Inactive (24–36.5)

44,075 (33.89)

3673 (8.33)

40,402 (91.67)

 Middle (36.6–44.9)

60,585 (46.59)

3.699 (6.11)

56,886 (93.89)

 Active (≥45)

25,388 (19.52)

975 (3.84)

24,413 (96.16)

BMI

 Underweight

2558 (1.98)

155 (6.06)

2403 (93.94)

 Normal

34,808 (26.90)

1933 (5.55)

32,875 (94.45)

 Overweight

52,731 (40.76)

3291 (6.24)

49,440 (93.76)

 Obese

39,279 (30.36)

2938 (7.48)

36,341 (92.52)

Socioeconomic status

 1st SES quintile (Poorest)

26,095 (20.06)

1813 (6.95)

24,282 (93.05)

 2nd SES quintile

26,035 (20.01)

1777 (6.83)

24,258 (93.17)

 3rd SES quintile

26,007 (19.99)

1766 (6.79)

24,241 (93.21)

 4th SES quintile

25,940 (19.94)

1566 (6.04)

24,374 (93.96)

 5th SES quintile (Richest)

26,001 (19.99)

1426 (5.48)

24,575 (94.52)

Region of cohort (province)

 Fars (FA)

22,767 (17.50)

1471 (6.46)

21,296 (93.54)

 Kermanshah (KSH)

10,036 (7.72)

257 (2.56)

9779 (97.44)

 Guilan (GU)

10,433 (8.02)

903 (8.66)

9530 (91.34)

 East Azerbaijan (EA)

14,775 (11.36)

1072 (7.26)

13,703 (92.74)

 Mazandaran (MA)

10,103 (7.77)

964 (9.54)

9139 (90.46)

 Sistan and Balouchestan (SB)

8199 (6.30)

965 (11.77)

7234 (88.23)

 Yazd (YA)

9723 (7.47)

577 (5.93)

9146 (94.07)

 Kerman (KE)

9788 (7.52)

857 (8.76)

8931 (91.24)

 Khuzestan (KH)

9139 (7.03)

148 (1.62)

8991 (98.38)

 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (CB)

6730 (5.17)

450 (6.69)

6280 (93.31)

 Hormozgan (HO)

3557 (2.73)

110 (3.09)

3447 (96.91)

 West Azerbaijan (WA)

3660 (2.81)

157 (4.29)

3503 (95.71)

 Ardabil (AR)

8214 (6.31)

372 (4.53)

7842 (95.47)

 Razavi Khorasan (RK)

2954 (2.27)

45 (1.52)

2909 (98.48)