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World J Diabetes. Aug 15, 2025; 16(8): 106683
Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i8.106683
Published online Aug 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i8.106683
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants
Source | Variable | Overall | Total depressive symptom | Somatic depressive symptom | Cognitive-affective depressive symptom | ||||||||
Yes | No | P value | Yes | No | Unknown | P value | Yes | No | Unknown | P value | |||
HRS | Number | 18633 | 4547 | 14086 | 4414 | 14191 | 28 | 17755 | 840 | 38 | |||
Age, mean (SD) | 66.7 (10.2) | 67.9 (10.9) | 66.3 (9.9) | < 0.001 | 67.7 (10.7) | 66.4 (10.0) | 71.5 (13.3) | < 0.001 | 66.8 (10.2) | 65.6 (10.8) | 67.6 (11.6) | 0.002 | |
BMI, mean (SD) | 26.9 (5.2) | 27.4 (6.0) | 26.8 (4.9) | < 0.001 | 27.7 (6.1) | 26.7 (4.9) | 25.8 (4.7) | < 0.001 | 26.9 (5.2) | 26.9 (5.3) | 26.0 (4.6) | 0.553 | |
Sex, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Female | 11015 (59.1) | 3050 (67.1) | 7965 (56.5) | < 0.001 | 2871 (65.0) | 8129 (57.3) | 15 (53.6) | < 0.001 | 10533 (59.3) | 458 (54.5) | 24 (63.2) | 0.019 | |
Male | 7618 (40.9) | 1497 (32.9) | 6121 (43.5) | 1543 (35.0) | 6062 (42.7) | 13 (46.4) | 7222 (40.7) | 382 (45.5) | 14 (36.8) | ||||
Education, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Below high school | 4990 (26.8) | 1884 (41.4) | 3106 (22.1) | < 0.001 | 1833 (41.5) | 3144 (22.2) | 13 (46.4) | < 0.001 | 4775 (26.9) | 201 (23.9) | 14 (36.8) | < 0.001 | |
High school | 6704 (36.0) | 1561 (34.3) | 5143 (36.5) | 1555 (35.2) | 5142 (36.2) | 7 (25.0) | 6416 (36.1) | 279 (33.2) | 9 (23.7) | ||||
College or above | 6937 (37.2) | 1101 (24.2) | 5836 (41.4) | 1026 (23.2) | 5903 (41.6) | 8 (28.6) | 6563 (37.0) | 359 (42.7) | 15 (39.5) | ||||
Other | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Marital status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Married or partnered | 12433 (66.7) | 2425 (53.3) | 10008 (71.0) | < 0.001 | 2628 (59.5) | 9787 (69.0) | 18 (64.3) | < 0.001 | 11860 (66.8) | 553 (65.8) | 20 (52.6) | 0.005 | |
Never married | 558 (3.0) | 151 (3.3) | 407 (2.9) | 139 (3.1) | 418 (2.9) | 1 (3.6) | 520 (2.9) | 36 (4.3) | 2 (5.3) | ||||
Separated/divorced/widowed | 5620 (30.2) | 1963 (43.2) | 3657 (26.0) | 1641 (37.2) | 3970 (28.0) | 9 (32.1) | 5357 (30.2) | 247 (29.4) | 16 (42.1) | ||||
Unknown | 22 (0.1) | 8 (0.2) | 14 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 16 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (0.1) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Smoking status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Ever smokers | 10943 (58.7) | 2745 (60.4) | 8198 (58.2) | 0.028 | 2687 (60.9) | 8241 (58.1) | 15 (53.6) | 0.021 | 10398 (58.6) | 527 (62.7) | 18 (47.4) | 0.024 | |
Never smokers | 7567 (40.6) | 1770 (38.9) | 5797 (41.2) | 1698 (38.5) | 5856 (41.3) | 13 (46.4) | 7243 (40.8) | 304 (36.2) | 20 (52.6) | ||||
Unknown | 123 (0.7) | 32 (0.7) | 91 (0.6) | 29 (0.7) | 94 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 114 (0.6) | 9 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Drinking status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Ever drinkers | 9023 (48.4) | 1713 (37.7) | 7310 (51.9) | < 0.001 | 1575 (35.7) | 7438 (52.4) | 10 (35.7) | < 0.001 | 8561 (48.2) | 442 (52.6) | 20 (52.6) | 0.163 | |
Never drinkers | 9609 (51.6) | 2833 (62.3) | 6776 (48.1) | 2838 (64.3) | 6753 (47.6) | 18 (64.3) | 9193 (51.8) | 398 (47.4) | 18 (47.4) | ||||
Unknown | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Hypertension, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Yes | 8067 (43.3) | 2316 (50.9) | 5751 (40.8) | < 0.001 | 2328 (52.7) | 5730 (40.4) | 9 (32.1) | < 0.001 | 7696 (43.3) | 355 (42.3) | 16 (42.1) | 0.816 | |
No | 10566 (56.7) | 2231 (49.1) | 8335 (59.2) | 2086 (47.3) | 8461 (59.6) | 19 (67.9) | 10059 (56.7) | 485 (57.7) | 22 (57.9) | ||||
Heart problem, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Yes | 3671 (19.7) | 1251 (27.5) | 2420 (17.2) | < 0.001 | 1304 (29.5) | 2361 (16.6) | 6 (21.4) | < 0.001 | 3480 (19.6) | 182 (21.7) | 9 (23.7) | 0.28 | |
No | 14962 (80.3) | 3296 (72.5) | 11666 (82.8) | 3110 (70.5) | 11830 (83.4) | 22 (78.6) | 14275 (80.4) | 658 (78.3) | 29 (76.3) | ||||
ELSA | |||||||||||||
Number | 9052 | 2035 | 7017 | 1993 | 7045 | 14 | 8660 | 344 | 48 | ||||
Age, mean (SD) | 65.1 (10.4) | 66.5 (11.2) | 64.7 (10.1) | < 0.001 | 66.6 (11.2) | 64.7 (10.1) | 73.3 (9.7) | < 0.001 | 65.1 (10.4) | 64.6 (11.5) | 69.8 (12.2) | 0.006 | |
BMI, mean (SD) | 28.0 (4.9) | 28.4 (5.4) | 27.8 (4.7) | < 0.001 | 28.9 (5.5) | 27.7 (4.6) | 27.7 (5.2) | < 0.001 | 28.0 (4.9) | 28.1 (5.1) | 26.9 (4.2) | 0.428 | |
Sex, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Female | 4985 (55.1) | 1319 (64.8) | 3666 (52.2) | < 0.001 | 1268 (63.6) | 3710 (52.7) | 7 (50.0) | < 0.001 | 4784 (55.2) | 169 (49.1) | 32 (66.7) | 0.022 | |
Male | 4067 (44.9) | 716 (35.2) | 3351 (47.8) | 725 (36.4) | 3335 (47.3) | 7 (50.0) | 3876 (44.8) | 175 (50.9) | 16 (33.3) | ||||
Education, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Below high school | 3453 (38.1) | 1049 (51.5) | 2404 (34.3) | < 0.001 | 1044 (52.4) | 2401 (34.1) | 8 (57.1) | < 0.001 | 3322 (38.4) | 109 (31.7) | 22 (45.8) | 0.047 | |
High school | 1683 (18.6) | 336 (16.5) | 1347 (19.2) | 320 (16.1) | 1362 (19.3) | 1 (7.1) | 1611 (18.6) | 67 (19.5) | 5 (10.4) | ||||
College or above | 3180 (35.1) | 485 (23.8) | 2695 (38.4) | 461 (23.1) | 2716 (38.6) | 3 (21.4) | 3019 (34.9) | 145 (42.2) | 16 (33.3) | ||||
Other | 736 (8.1) | 165 (8.1) | 571 (8.1) | 168 (8.4) | 566 (8.0) | 2 (14.3) | 708 (8.2) | 23 (6.7) | 5 (10.4) | ||||
Marital status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Married or partnered | 5994 (66.2) | 1009 (49.6) | 4985 (71.0) | < 0.001 | 1072 (53.8) | 4914 (69.8) | 8 (57.1) | < 0.001 | 5768 (66.6) | 204 (59.3) | 22 (45.8) | < 0.001 | |
Never married | 453 (5.0) | 136 (6.7) | 317 (4.5) | 117 (5.9) | 333 (4.7) | 3 (21.4) | 412 (4.8) | 37 (10.8) | 4 (8.3) | ||||
Separated/divorced/widowed | 2304 (25.5) | 842 (41.4) | 1462 (20.8) | 754 (37.8) | 1548 (22.0) | 2 (14.3) | 2190 (25.3) | 94 (27.3) | 20 (41.7) | ||||
NA | 301 (3.3) | 48 (2.4) | 253 (3.6) | 50 (2.5) | 250 (3.5) | 1 (7.1) | 290 (3.3) | 9 (2.6) | 2 (4.2) | ||||
Smoking status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Ever smokers | 5608 (62.0) | 1365 (67.1) | 4243 (60.5) | < 0.001 | 1342 (67.3) | 4257 (60.4) | 9 (64.3) | < 0.001 | 5365 (62.0) | 213 (61.9) | 30 (62.5) | 0.996 | |
Never smokers | 3440 (38.0) | 670 (32.9) | 2770 (39.5) | 651 (32.7) | 2784 (39.5) | 5 (35.7) | 3291 (38.0) | 131 (38.1) | 18 (37.5) | ||||
NA | 4 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Drinking status, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Ever drinkers | 6722 (74.3) | 1266 (62.2) | 5456 (77.8) | < 0.001 | 1261 (63.3) | 5457 (77.5) | 4 (28.6) | < 0.001 | 6451 (74.5) | 248 (72.1) | 23 (47.9) | < 0.001 | |
Never drinkers | 848 (9.4) | 294 (14.4) | 554 (7.9) | 301 (15.1) | 545 (7.7) | 2 (14.3) | 798 (9.2) | 45 (13.1) | 5 (10.4) | ||||
NA | 1482 (16.4) | 475 (23.3) | 1007 (14.4) | 431 (21.6) | 1043 (14.8) | 8 (57.1) | 1411 (16.3) | 51 (14.8) | 20 (41.7) | ||||
Hypertension, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Yes | 3758 (41.5) | 961 (47.2) | 2797 (39.9) | < 0.001 | 993 (49.8) | 2757 (39.1) | 8 (57.1) | < 0.001 | 3599 (41.6) | 141 (41.0) | 18 (37.5) | 0.833 | |
No | 5294 (58.5) | 1074 (52.8) | 4220 (60.1) | 1000 (50.2) | 4288 (60.9) | 6 (42.9) | 5061 (58.4) | 203 (59.0) | 30 (62.5) | ||||
Heart problem, n (%) | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1508 (16.7) | 468 (23.0) | 1040 (14.8) | < 0.001 | 489 (24.5) | 1015 (14.4) | 4 (28.6) | < 0.001 | 1439 (16.6) | 56 (16.3) | 13 (27.1) | 0.149 | |
No | 7544 (83.3) | 1567 (77.0) | 5977 (85.2) | 1504 (75.5) | 6030 (85.6) | 10 (71.4) | 7221 (83.4) | 288 (83.7) | 35 (72.9) |
- Citation: Zou XL, Zhou C. Persistently high and fluctuating trajectories of total and somatic depressive symptoms increase diabetes risk: Two prospective cohort studies. World J Diabetes 2025; 16(8): 106683
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/full/v16/i8/106683.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v16.i8.106683