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Table 2 Univariate comparison of all variables according to PHQ-2 score in the two cohorts

From: The association between depressive symptoms and self-rated health among university students: a cross-sectional study in France and Japan

Variables

i-Share (France)

Kyoto (Japan)

PHQ-2

PHQ-2

[0–2]

[3–6]

p value

[0–2]

[3–6]

p value

n = 4355

n = 1300

n = 16,555

n = 593

Self-rated health, n (%)

 Good

4280 (98.3)

1219 (93.8)

< 0.001

15,973 (96.5)

405 (68.3)

< 0.001

 Poor

75 (1.7)

81 (6.2)

 

582 (3.5)

188 (31.7)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

3342 (76.6)

1115 (85.8)

< 0.001

4056 (24.5)

137 (23.1)

0.466

 Male

1013 (23.3)

185 (14.2)

 

12,499 (75.5)

456 (76.9)

Age, mean (SD)

20.9 (2.6)

20.4 (2.3)

< 0.001

22.4 (4.4)

22.7 (3.4)

0.064

Year of study, n (%)

 1st undergraduate

1616 (37.1)

598 (46.0)

< 0.001

2662 (16.1)

36 (6.1)

< 0.001

 Other years

2739 (62.9)

702 (54.0)

 

13,893 (83.9)

557 (93.9)

Sleep, n (%)

< 0.001

 Good

3618 (83.1)

860 (66.2)

< 0.001

12,506 (75.5)

234 (39.5)

 Bad

737 (16.9)

440 (33.8)

 

4049 (24.5)

359 (60.5)

BMIa, n (%)

 < 18.5

532 (12.2)

197 (15.2)

< 0.001

2202 (13.3)

88 (14.8)

< 0.001

 [18.5–24.9]

3159 (72.5)

871 (67.0)

 

12,793 (77.3)

439 (74.0)

 [25–29.9]

363 (8.3)

108 (8.3)

 

1336 (8.1)

45 (7.6)

 > =30

80 (1.8)

40 (3.1)

 

224 (1.4)

21 (3.5)

Physical activity, n (%)

 Regular

3820 (87.7)

1130 (86.9)

0.448

11,124 (67.2)

311 (52.4)

< 0.001

 Occasional or less

535 (12.3)

170 (13.1)

 

5431 (32.8)

282 (47.6)

Smoking, n (%)

 No

3296 (75.7)

949 (73.0)

0.049

16,109 (97.3)

568 (95.8)

0.039

 Yes

1059 (24.3)

351 (27.0)

 

446 (2.7)

25 (4.2)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

 Never

300 (6.9)

134 (10.3)

< 0.001

7029 (42.5)

263 (44.4)

0.375

 At least sometimes

4055 (93.1)

1166 (89.7)

 

9526 (57.5)

330 (55.6)

  1. Abbreviation; PHQ-2, the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire; BMI Body mass index
  2. ai-Share cohort had BMI missing values: 221 (5.1) for [0–2] and 84 (6.5) for [3–6]; p value was calculated without missing values