Prevalence and risk factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms and functional constipation among university students in Eastern China

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of university students (n = 12721), n (%)

	Depression symptoms			Anxiety symptoms
	With (n = 2075)	Without (n = 10646)	P value	With (n = 3166)	Without (n = 9555)	P value
Sex			< 0.001			< 0.001
Male	878 (14.2)	5319 (85.8)		1312 (21.2)	4885 (78.8)
Female	1197 (18.3)	5327 (81.7)		1854 (28.4)	4670 (71.6)
Age (years), mean (SD)	19.68 (1.16)	19.62 (1.20)	0.033	19.62 (1.22)	19.63 (1.19)	0.802
Age group			0.010			0.191
17-19	785 (15.3)	4349 (84.7)		1309 (25.5)	3825 (74.5)
20-25	1290 (17.0)	6297 (83.0)		1857 (24.5)	5730 (75.5)
Height (m), mean (SD)	1.67 (0.08)	1.67 (0.08)	0.682	1.67 (0.08)	1.67 (0.08)	0.771
Weight (kg), mean (SD)	62.02 (10.85)	61.87 (10.56)	0.553	61.94 (10.68)	61.88 (10.58)	0.783
Body mass index (kg/m2)	22.08 (3.34)	22.03 (3.13)	0.563	22.05 (3.19)	22.04 (3.16)	0.933
Smoking			< 0.001			< 0.001
Yes	412 (27.1)	1106 (72.9)		592 (39.0)	926 (61.0)
No	1663 (14.8)	9540 (85.2)		2574 (23.0)	8629 (77.0)
Parental relationship			< 0.001			< 0.001
Harmony	942 (10.3)	8224 (89.7)		1668 (18.2)	7498 (81.8)
Moderate	909 (29.2)	2202 (70.8)		1255 (40.3)	1856 (59.7)
Conflict	224 (50.5)	220 (49.5)		243 (54.7)	201 (45.3)
Annual household income			< 0.001			< 0.001
Better	602 (11.4)	4684 (88.6)		988 (18.7)	4298 (81.3)
Good	875 (17.0)	4272 (83.0)		1367 (26.6)	3780 (73.4)
Fair	598 (26.1)	1690 (73.9)		811 (35.4)	1477 (64.6)
Functional constipation			< 0.001			0.002
Yes	596 (21.3)	2203 (78.7)		634 (22.7)	2165 (77.3)
No	1479 (14.9)	8443 (85.1)		2532 (25.5)	7390 (74.5)