From: The association of vitamin D deficiency, age and depression in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis
Characteristics, n% | Sample Capacity | Depression | Non-depression | Test statistics | P | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 15,156 | n = 3883 | n = 11,273 | ||||||
Gender |  |  |  |  |  |  | 124.424a | < 0.001*** |
Male | 7301 | (48.17) | 1571 | (40.46) | 5730 | (50.83) | Â | Â |
Female | 7855 | (51.83) | 2312 | (59.54) | 5543 | (49.17) | Â | Â |
Age Group |  |  |  |  |  |  | -9.827b | < 0.001*** |
20–39 | 5031 | (33.19) | 1189 | (30.62) | 3842 | (34.08) |  |  |
40–59 | 4979 | (32.85) | 1328 | (34.20) | 3651 | (32.39) |  |  |
≥ 60 | 5146 | (33.95) | 1366 | (35.18) | 3780 | (33.53) |  |  |
Race |  |  |  |  |  |  | -5.201b | < 0.001*** |
Hispanic | 3642 | (24.03) | 973 | (25.06) | 2669 | (23.68) | Â | Â |
Non-Hispanic White | 5814 | (38.36) | 1588 | (40.90) | 4226 | (37.49) | Â | Â |
Non-Hispanic Black | 3215 | (21.21) | 832 | (21.43) | 2383 | (21.14) | Â | Â |
Non-Hispanic Asian | 1894 | (12.50) | 311 | (8.01) | 1583 | (14.04) | Â | Â |
Other | 591 | (3.90) | 179 | (4.61) | 412 | (3.65) | Â | Â |
Education |  |  |  |  |  |  | -11.479b | < 0.001*** |
Below high school | 3154 | (20.81) | 1021 | (26.29) | 2133 | (18.92) | Â | Â |
High school | 3458 | (22.82) | 958 | (24.67) | 2500 | (22.18) | Â | Â |
Post high school | 8544 | (56.37) | 1904 | (49.03) | 6640 | (58.90) | Â | Â |
Marital Statues |  |  |  |  |  |  | 184.221a | < 0.001*** |
Cohabitation | 9010 | (59.45) | 1973 | (50.81) | 7037 | (62.42) | Â | Â |
Married living alone | 3381 | (22.31) | 1125 | (28.97) | 2256 | (20.01) | Â | Â |
Not married | 2765 | (18.14) | 785 | (20.22) | 1980 | (17.56) | Â | Â |
Income to Poverty |  |  |  |  |  |  | 238.087a | < 0.001*** |
Impoverished | 4825 | (31.84) | 1623 | (41.80) | 3202 | (28.40) | Â | Â |
Moderate income | 10,331 | (68.16) | 2260 | (58.20) | 8071 | (71.60) | Â | Â |
BMI |  |  |  |  |  |  | -9.103b | < 0.001*** |
Underweight | 479 | (3.16) | 132 | (3.40) | 347 | (3.08) | Â | Â |
Normal weight | 3932 | (25.94) | 863 | (22.23) | 3069 | (27.22) | Â | Â |
Overweight | 4744 | (31.30) | 1080 | (27.81) | 3664 | (32.50) | Â | Â |
Obese | 6001 | (39.59) | 1808 | (46.56) | 4193 | (37.20) | Â | Â |
Physical Activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | -1.224b | 0.221 |
Inactive | 8794 | (58.02) | 2217 | (57.10) | 6577 | (58.34) | Â | Â |
Insufficiently active | 2962 | (19.54) | 784 | (20.19) | 2178 | (19.32) | Â | Â |
Sufficiently active | 3400 | (22.43) | 882 | (22.71) | 2518 | (22.34) | Â | Â |
Suicidal Attempt |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1354.514a | < 0.001*** |
Yes | 559 | (3.69) | 516 | (13.29) | 43 | (0.38) | Â | Â |
No | 14,597 | (96.31) | 3367 | (86.71) | 11,230 | (99.62) | Â | Â |
Serum Vitamin D |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.744a | < 0.001*** |
< 30nmol/L | 1185 | (7.82) | 359 | (9.25) | 826 | (7.33) |  |  |
≥ 30nmol/L | 13,971 | (92.18) | 3524 | (90.75) | 10,447 | (92.67) |  |  |