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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: The dose–effect relationships of cigarette and alcohol consumption with depressive symptoms: a multiple-center, cross-sectional study in 5965 Chinese middle-aged and elderly men

Characteristics

Total

n = 5,965

Depressive symptoms

P value*

Adjusted ORa [95% CI]

Yes

n = 1,297

No

n = 4,668

Age, yr

55.93 ± 0.12

55.87 ± 0.14

56.15 ± 0.26

0.352

Age subgroups, yr

 40–49

1789 (30.0)

378 (21.1)

1411 (78.9)

0.693

 50–59

1977 (33.1)

423 (21.4)

1554 (78.6)

 60–69

1685 (28.2)

378 (22.4)

137 (77.6)

 70–79

514 (8.6)

118 (23.0)

396 (77.0)

Residence

 Rural

4911(82.3)

1027 (20.9)

3884 (79.1)

0.001

1

 City

1054 (17.7)

270 (25.6)

784 (74.4)

0.78 [0.67, 0.92]

Having spouse

 Yes

5623 (94.4)

1201 (21.4)

4422 (78.6)

0.004

1

 No

335 (5.6)

94 (28.1)

241 (71.9)

0.70 [0.54, 0.90]

Comorbidity

 Yes

1556 (26.1)

392 (25.2)

1164 (74.8)

 < 0.001

1

 No

4409 (73.9)

905 (20.5)

3504 (79.5)

1.29 [1.12, 1.48]

Cigarette smoking

 Never

1884 (31.6)

359 (19.1)

1525 (80.9)

1

 Current

3389 (56.8)

780 (23.0)

2609 (77.0)

0.001

1.32 [1.15, 1.53]

 Past

692 (11.6)

158 (22.8)

534 (77.2)

0.034

1.25 [1.01, 1.55]

Cigarettes/day

  < 10

747 (22.0)

204 (27.3)

543 (72.7)

0.003

0.84 [0.76, 0.94]

 10–20

1300 (38.4)

298 (22.9)

1002 (77.1)

  > 20

1342 (39.6)

278 (20.7)

1064 (79.3)

Alcohol drinking

 Never

1664 (27.9)

350 (21.0)

1314 (79.0)

1

 Occasional

2188 (36.7)

513 (23.4)

1675 (76.6)

0.075

1.13 [0.97, 1.32]

 Frequent

1798 (30.1)

347 (19.3)

1451 (80.7)

0.204

0.86 [0.73, 1.02]

 Past

315 (5.3)

87 (27.6)

228 (72.4)

0.010

1.31 [0.99, 1.74]

Alcohol intake (g/week)

  < 140

2052 (51.5)

492 (24.0)

1560 (76.0)

 < 0.001

0.80 [0.73, 0.88]

 140–280

1052 (26.4)

227 (21.6)

825 (78.4)

  > 280

882 (22.1)

141 (16.0)

741 (84.0)

Cigarette smoking × 

alcohol drinking

   

0.432

Depression severity

 Mild

567(43.7)

 Moderate

595(45.9)

 Severe

135(10.4)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard error or as n (%). OR, odds ratio. *P value estimated by chi-squared test
  2. a Odds ratio estimated by binary logistic regression adjusting for age, residence, spouse and comorbidity