Table 2 Depressive symptom severity by characteristics of the study population, ENDES 2017
Variables | Depression levels | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No significant | Mild | Moderate | Severea | Â | |
n = 5609 | n = 1603 | n = 578 | n = 471 | ||
Sex |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Male | 2979 (77.0%) | 575 (14.9%) | 170 (4.40%) | 144 (3.72%) |  |
 Female | 2630 (59.9%) | 1028 (23.4%) | 408 (9.29%) | 327 (7.44%) |  |
Age group |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 50–59 | 2434 (71.1%) | 608 (17.8%) | 223 (6.52%) | 156 (4.56%) |  |
 60–69 | 1716 (69.3%) | 489 (19.7%) | 157 (6.34%) | 114 (4.60%) |  |
  ≥ 70 | 1459 (61.7%) | 506 (21.4%) | 198 (8.38%) | 201 (8.50%) |  |
Education level |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 No one | 662 (51.2%) | 338 (26.1%) | 148 (11.4%) | 146 (11.3%) |  |
 Primary | 2348 (64.3%) | 797 (21.8%) | 267 (7.31%) | 242 (6.62%) |  |
 Secondary | 1464 (74.9%) | 320 (16.4%) | 111 (5.68%) | 60 (3.07%) |  |
 Superior | 1135 (83.6%) | 148 (10.9%) | 52 (3.83%) | 23 (1.69%) |  |
Geographical Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Lima Metropolitan area | 622 (78.0%) | 112 (14.1%) | 46 (5.77%) | 17 (2.13%) |  |
 Rest of the coastline | 1759 (76.8%) | 350 (15.3%) | 112 (4.89%) | 69 (3.01%) |  |
 Highlands | 1948 (57.1%) | 835 (24.5%) | 318 (9.33%) | 308 (9.03%) |  |
 Jungle | 1280 (72.5%) | 306 (17.3%) | 102 (5.78%) | 77 (4.36%) |  |
Wealth index |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Very poor | 1839 (58.8%) | 748 (23.9%) | 284 (9.08%) | 256 (8.19%) |  |
 Poor | 1123 (65.9%) | 338 (19.8%) | 131 (7.68%) | 113 (6.63%) |  |
 Medium | 956 (72.3%) | 243 (18.4%) | 66 (4.99%) | 58 (4.38%) |  |
 High | 875 (76.4%) | 174 (15.2%) | 65 (5.67%) | 32 (2.79%) |  |
 Very high | 816 (85.0%) | 100 (10.4%) | 32 (3.33%) | 12 (1.25%) |  |
Hypertension |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 No | 4578 (70.2%) | 1203 (18.5%) | 421 (6.46%) | 317 (4.86%) |  |
 Yes | 1031 (59.2%) | 400 (23.0%) | 157 (9.01%) | 154 (8.84%) |  |
Diabetes Mellitus | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.136 |
 No | 5233 (68.2%) | 1476 (19.2%) | 534 (6.96%) | 429 (5.59%) |  |
 Yes | 376 (63.8%) | 127 (21.6%) | 44 (7.47%) | 42 (7.13%) |  |
Daily smoking | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 No | 5463 (67.6%) | 1577 (19.5%) | 569 (7.04%) | 469 (5.81%) |  |
 Yes | 146 (79.8%) | 26 (14.2%) | 9 (4.92%) | 2 (1.09%) |  |
Harmful alcohol consumption | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.008 |
 No | 5597 (68.0%) | 1590 (19.3%) | 576 (7.00%) | 469 (5.70%) |  |
 Yes | 12 (41.4%) | 13 (44.8%) | 2 (6.90%) | 2 (6.90%) |  |
Body mass index (kg/m2) |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Underweight (< 18.5) | 84 (61.3%) | 21 (15.3%) | 10 (7.30%) | 22 (16.1%) |  |
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 1982 (64.7%) | 642 (21.0%) | 215 (7.02%) | 224 (7.31%) |  |
 Overweight (25–29.9) | 2205 (70.1%) | 582 (18.5%) | 218 (6.93%) | 139 (4.42%) |  |
 Obese (≥30) | 1338 (69.8%) | 358 (18.7%) | 135 (7.04%) | 86 (4.49%) |  |
Disability |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 No | 5343 (69.1%) | 1483 (19.2%) | 517 (6.69%) | 384 (4.97%) |  |
 Yes | 266 (49.8%) | 120 (22.5%) | 61 (11.4%) | 87 (16.3%) |  |