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Table 2 Lifestyle characteristics, chronic conditions and status of depressive symptoms among participants

From: Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, multi-morbid conditions and depressive symptoms among Nepalese older adults

 

Total (n = 794)

%

Depressive symptoms

No (n = 351)

%

Yes (n = 443)

%

p-value

Smoking habit

 Never smoker

300

(37.78)

151

(50.33)

149

(49.67)

0.007

 Having smoking history

494

(62.22)

200

(40.49)

294

(59.51)

 

Tobacco chewing habit

 Never tobacco chewer

411

(51.67)

186

(45.26)

225

(54.74)

0.538

 Having tobacco chewing history

383

(48.24)

165

(43.08)

218

(56.92)

 

Alcohol drinking habit

 Never drinker

504

(63.48)

220

(43.65)

284

(56.35)

0.678

 Having alcohol drinking history

290

(36.52)

131

(45.17)

159

(54.83)

 

Physical activity

 No physical exercise at all

612

(77.08)

255

(41.67)

357

(58.33)

0.008

 Daily physical exercise

182

(22.92)

96

(52.75)

86

(47.25)

 

Osteoarthritis

 No

463

(58.31)

241

(52.05)

222

(47.95)

< 0.001

 Yes

331

(41.69)

110

(33.23)

221

(66.77)

 

CVD

 No

775

(97.61)

348

(44.90)

427

(55.10)

0.012

 Yes

19

(2.39)

3

(15.79)

16

(84.21)

 

Diabetes

 No

752

(94.71)

333

(44.28)

419

(55.72)

0.856

 Yes

42

(5.29)

18

(42.86)

24

(57.14)

 

COPD

 No

678

(85.39)

318

(46.90)

360

(53.10)

< 0.001

 Yes

116

(14.61)

33

(28.45)

83

(71.55)

 

2Multiple morbidities

 No

678

(85.39)

318

(46.90)

360

(53.10)

< 0.001

 Yes

116

(14.61)

33

(28.45)

83

(71.55)

 
  1. 1Others denotes widow/widower/divorced/separated/unmarried. 2Suffering from at least two chronic illnesses of osteoarthritis, CVD, diabetes and COPD