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Table 2 Baseline characteristics according to metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms (n = 3468)

From: Estimating the impact of metabolic syndrome on low back pain and the joint effects of metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms on low back pain: insights from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Characteristics

Total Sample

(n = 3468)

Combination types of MetS and DS

P-value b

±·´Ç²Ñ±ð³Ù³§â€‰+ N´Ç¶Ù³§

(n = 1077)

±·´Ç²Ñ±ð³Ù³§â€‰+ D³§

(n = 420)

²Ñ±ð³Ù³§â€‰+ N´Ç¶Ù³§

(n = 1479)

²Ñ±ð³Ù³§â€‰+ D³§

(n = 492)

MetS

1971 (56.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1479 (100.0)

492 (100.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

DS

912 (26.3)

0 (0.0)

420 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

492 (100.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Incident LBP

1708 (49.3)

451 (41.9)

278 (66.2)

657 (44.4)

322 (64.5)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Average follow-up duration, month

87.2 (32.1)

92.1 (29.3)

74.4 (35.3)

92.0 (29.0)

73.1 (36.6)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Age, median (IQR), years

58.0 (8.4)

57.0 (11.0)

57.0 (14.0)

58.0 (13.0)

59.0 (11.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Male

1749 (50.4)

688 (63.9)

195 (46.4)

689 (46.6)

177 (36.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Rural residence

2249 (64.9)

751 (69.7)

315 (75.0)

845 (57.1)

338 (68.7)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Education level

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

No formal education

1422 (41.0)

397 (36.9)

198 (47.1)

551 (37.3)

276 (56.1)

Ìý

Primary school

811 (23.4)

257 (23.9)

104 (24.8)

343 (23.2)

107 (21.8)

Ìý

Middle school

812 (23.4)

268 (24.9)

87 (20.7)

377 (25.5)

80 (16.3)

Ìý

High school or above

423 (12.2)

155 (14.4)

31(7.4)

208 (14.1)

29 (5.9)

Ìý

Married/Cohabitated

3175 (91.6)

1008 (93.6)

372 (88.6)

1381 (93.4)

414 (84.2)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Smoking

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Nonsmokers

2058 (59.3)

537 (49.9)

245 (58.3)

939 (63.5)

337 (68.5)

Ìý

Light to moderate

747 (21.5)

264 (24.5)

105 (25.0)

292 (19.7)

86 (17.5)

Ìý

Heavy

663 (19.1)

276 (25.6)

70 (16.7)

248 (16.8)

69 (14.0)

Ìý

Alcohol consumption

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Nondrinkers

2230 (64.3)

608 (56.5)

281 (66.9)

978 (66.1)

363 (73.8)

Ìý

Light to moderate

1061 (30.6)

393 (36.5)

120 (28.6)

436 (29.5)

112 (22.8)

Ìý

Heavy

177 (5.1)

76 (7.1)

19 (4.5)

65 (4.4)

17 (3.5)

Ìý

Social activity

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

0.008

None

1647 (47.5)

512 (47.5)

220 (52.4)

666 (45.0)

249 (50.6)

Ìý

Some

1173 (33.8)

384 (35.7)

124 (29.5)

500 (33.8)

165 (33.5)

Ìý

Active

648 (18.7)

181 (16.8)

76 (18.1)

313 (21.2)

78 (15.9)

Ìý

Functional disability a

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

None

2841 (83.0)

956 (89.6)

311 (75.1)

1242 (85.2)

332 (68.3)

Ìý

Mild

467 (13.6)

102 (9.6)

76 (18.4)

184 (12.6)

105 (21.6)

Ìý

Severe

117 (3.4)

9 (0.8)

27 (6.5)

32 (2.2)

49 (10.1)

Ìý

Number of chronic diseases

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

0

1381 (39.8)

578 (53.7)

139 (33.1)

539 (36.4)

125 (25.4)

Ìý

1–2

1674 (48.3)

441 (41.0)

233 (55.5)

748 (50.6)

252 (51.2)

Ìý

≥â¶Ä‰3

413 (11.9)

58 (5.4)

48 (11.4)

192 (13.0)

115 (23.4)

Ìý

Body mass index, mean (SD) a

23.7 (3.7)

21.9 (2.7)

21.6 (2.8)

25.2 (3.6)

24.6 (3.9)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

  1. Abbreviation IQR, interquartile range (75th quartile minus 25th quartile); SD, standard deviation; MetS, metabolic syndrome; DS, depressive symptoms; LBP, low back pain
  2. DS: The score of the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale is greater than or equal to 10, otherwise NoDS
  3. a Missing data: 43 for functional disability, and 17 for body mass index
  4. b Categorical variables were based on χ² test and continuous variables were analyzed by ANOVA if they passed Bartlett’s test, and otherwise Kruskal-Wallis H test