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Table 1 Characteristics of the overall target population according to theobromine

From: Association between dietary theobromine with depression: a population-based study

Variables

Total (n = 6903)

No depression (n = 5148)

Depression (n = 1755)

p

Theobromine intake, n (%)

  

0.005

  < 43 mg/day

4677 (67.8)

3535 (68.7)

1142 (65.1)

 

  >  = 43 mg/day

2226 (32.2)

1613 (31.3)

613 (34.9)

 

 Age, Mean ± SD

51.0 ± 18.1

51.7 ± 18.0

49.0 ± 18.3

 < 0.001

Sex, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

 Female

3563 (51.6)

2543 (49.4)

1020 (58.1)

 

 Male

3340 (48.4)

2605 (50.6)

735 (41.9)

 

Race, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Black

1135 (16.4)

895 (17.4)

240 (13.7)

 

 Mexican American

535 ( 7.8)

414 (8)

121 (6.9)

 

 Other Race

1814 (26.3)

1461 (28.4)

353 (20.1)

 

 White

3419 (49.5)

2378 (46.2)

1041 (59.3)

 

PIR, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Low

1497 (24.3)

899 (19.7)

598 (37.4)

 

 Medium

2021 (32.9)

1381 (30.3)

640 (40.1)

 

 High

2634 (42.8)

2275 (49.9)

359 (22.5)

 

Education, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Below high school

824 (11.9)

560 (10.9)

264 (15.1)

 

 High school

1593 (23.1)

1070 (20.8)

523 (29.8)

 

 College or above

4480 (65.0)

3513 (68.3)

967 (55.1)

 

Smoke, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Former

1570 (22.7)

1126 (21.9)

444 (25.3)

 

 Never

4077 (59.1)

3278 (63.7)

799 (45.5)

 

 Now

1256 (18.2)

744 (14.5)

512 (29.2)

 

Alcohol user, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Heavy

1038 (19.3)

672 (16.5)

366 (28)

 

 Mild

2565 (47.6)

1994 (48.8)

571 (43.7)

 

 Moderate

1005 (18.6)

748 (18.3)

257 (19.7)

 

 Never

783 (14.5)

671 (16.4)

112 (8.6)

 

Multimorbidity, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

 No

2204 (31.9)

1702 (33.1)

502 (28.6)

 

 Yes

4699 (68.1)

3446 (66.9)

1253 (71.4)

 

Arthriti, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

4577 (69.5)

3592 (72.5)

985 (60.3)

 

 Yes

2012 (30.5)

1364 (27.5)

648 (39.7)

 

Obese, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

4115 (59.7)

3190 (62.1)

925 (52.7)

 

 Yes

2774 (40.3)

1945 (37.9)

829 (47.3)

 

CVD, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

 No

5832 (88.4)

4432 (89.2)

1400 (85.7)

 

 Yes

768 (11.6)

534 (10.8)

234 (14.3)

 

COPD, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

6397 (96.9)

4861 (97.9)

1536 (94)

 

 Yes

203 ( 3.1)

105 (2.1)

98 (6)

 

CKD, n (%)

   

0.008

 No

5307 (80.6)

4009 (81.3)

1298 (78.3)

 

 Yes

1281 (19.4)

922 (18.7)

359 (21.7)

 

Asthma, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

5955 (86.3)

4536 (88.1)

1419 (80.9)

 

 Yes

948 (13.7)

612 (11.9)

336 (19.1)

 

Stroke, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

6314 (95.9)

4788 (96.7)

1526 (93.4)

 

 Yes

268 ( 4.1)

161 (3.3)

107 (6.6)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

  

0.041

 No

3959 (57.4)

2916 (56.6)

1043 (59.4)

 

 Yes

2944 (42.6)

2232 (43.4)

712 (40.6)

 

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

  

0.826

 No

2193 (31.8)

1632 (31.7)

561 (32)

 

 Yes

4709 (68.2)

3516 (68.3)

1193 (68)

 

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

   

0.238

 No

5623 (81.5)

4210 (81.8)

1413 (80.5)

 

 Yes

1280 (18.5)

938 (18.2)

342 (19.5)

 

Cancer, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 No

5723 (86.7)

4253 (85.6)

1470 (90)

 

 Yes

877 (13.3)

713 (14.4)

164 (10)