Association between depression and malnutrition in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

Variable
Age, yr	35.96 ± 13.17
Gender
Male	189 (63.00%)
Female	111 (37.00%)
Marital status
Married	180 (60.00%)
Unmarried	115 (38.30%)
Divorced/separated	5 (1.70%)
Education
Junior primary	153 (51.00%)
Senior primary secondary and above	147 (49.00%)
Occupation
Unemployed	170 (56.67%)
Employed	130 (43.33%)
Monthly income, Yuan
< 5000	159 (53.00%)
5000-10000	121 (40.30%)
> 10000	20 (6.70%)
TB treatment duration
< 6 mo	144 (48.00%)
6-12 mo	49 (16.30%)
> 12 mo	107 (35.70%)
Comorbidity
Diabetes mellitus	11 (3.70%)
Source of medical costs
Medical insurance	203 (67.60%)
Self-supporting	66 (22.00%)
Publicly-funded	31 (10.30%)
BMI	19.71 ± 2.94
Hb (g/L)	122.21 ± 22.88
ALB (g/L)	40.25 ± 11.61
Prealbumin	200.13 ± 75.46
PHQ-9	16.45 ± 5.35
AST (U/L)	25.66 ± 52.64
ALT (U/L)	26.12 ± 52.16
QLICD-PT
Physical domain	22.46 ± 3.90
Psychological domain	22.89 ± 8.13
Social domain	23.21 ± 6.50
Specific domain	39.38 ± 8.00

BMI: Body mass index; Hb: Hemoglobin; ALB: Albumin; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; TB: Tuberculosis.