Table 1 Sample characteristics by depressive symptoms, smoking, drinking and gender (N = 18496).

From: Gender differences in the association between cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study among Chinese adolescents

Variables

Total, n (%)

Depressive symptoms, n (%)

Cigarette smoking, n (%)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

CIE1,%

CIE2, %

Girls, n (%)

Boys, n (%)

P value*

Total

18496(100)

1685(9.1)

1636(8.8)

4340(23.5)

  

9731(52.6)

8765(47.4)

 

Age(year)**

15.5 ± 1.7

15.6 ± 1.6

16.3 ± 1.4

15.8 ± 1.6

  

15.5 ± 1.7

15.4 ± 1.7

<0.001

Cigarette smoking

1636(8.8)

218(13.3)

 

1101(67.3)

 

−3.9

186(11.4)

1450(88.6)

<0.001

Alcohol consumption

4340(23.5)

599(13.8)

1101(25.4)

 

−25.9

 

1580(36.4)

2760(63.6)

<0.001

Depressive symptoms

1685(9.1)

 

218(12.9)

599(35.5)

  

1012(60.1)

673(39.9)

<0.001

Gender

    

25.0

10.9

   

 Girls

9731(52.6)

1012(10.4)

186(1.9)

1580(16.2)

     

 Boys

8765(47.4)

673(7.7)

1450(16.5)

2760(31.5)

     

Grade

    

−4.1

−2.7

  

<0.001

 7th

3213(17.4)

212(6.6)

81(2.5)

443(13.8)

  

1503(46.8)

1710(53.2)

 

 8th

4064(22.0)

375(9.2)

223(5.5)

846(20.8)

  

2052(50.5)

2012(49.5)

 

 9th

484(2.6)

59(12.2)

34(7.0)

112(23.1)

  

229(47.3)

255(52.7)

 

 10th

5788(31.3)

553(9.6)

711(12.3)

1558(26.9)

  

3164(54.7)

2624(45.3)

 

 11th

4683(25.3)

473(10.1)

551(11.8)

1312(28.0)

  

2644(56.5)

2039(43.5)

 

 12th

264(1.4)

13(4.9)

36(13.6)

69(26.1)

  

139(52.7)

125(47.3)

 

Father’s education level

    

−1.1

−0.5

  

<0.001

 Primary school or lower

3682(19.9)

370(10.0)

329(8.9)

849(23.1)

  

2094(56.9)

1588(43.1)

 

 High school

13412(72.5)

1149(8.6)

1195(8.9)

3120(23.3)

  

6953(51.8)

6459(48.2)

 

 University or higher

1249(6.8)

146(11.7)

104(8.3)

341(27.3)

  

592(47.4)

657(52.6)

 

 Missing data

153(0.8)

        

Mother’s education level

    

0.7

0.2

  

<0.001

 Primary school or lower

5722(30.8)

531(9.3)

457(8.0)

1271(22.2)

  

3267(57.1)

2455(42.9)

 

 High school

11830(64.0)

1050(8.9)

1095(9.3)

2813(23.8)

  

6031(51.0)

5799(49.0)

 

 University or higher

805(4.4)

90(11.2)

78(9.7)

231(28.7)

  

355(44.1)

450(55.9)

 

 Missing data

139(0.8)

        

Living arrangement

    

−0.2

0.0

  

0.605

 Two biological parents

10123(54.7)

831(8.2)

876(8.7)

2398(23.7)

  

5293(52.3)

4830(47.7)

 

 Only father or mother

3036(16.4)

355(11.7)

276(9.1)

721(23.7)

  

1617(53.3)

1419(46.7)

 

 Others

5268(28.5)

495(9.4)

482(9.1)

1214(23.0)

  

2781(52.8)

2487(47.2)

 

 Missing data

69(0.4)

        

Number of brothers and sisters

    

1.1

1.1

  

<0.001

 0

6751(36.5)

602(8.9)

653(9.7)

1739(25.8)

  

3009(44.6)

3742(55.4)

 

 1

8316(45.0)

710(8.5)

743(8.9)

1895(22.8)

  

4589(55.2)

3727(44.8)

 

 2

2395(12.9)

246(10.3)

162(6.8)

474(19.8)

  

1543(64.4)

852(35.6)

 

 >=3

991(5.4)

124(12.5)

77(7.8)

222(22.4)

  

570(57.5)

421(42.5)

 

 Missing data

43(0.2)

        

Family economic status

    

−0.9

1.1

  

<0.001

 Above average

1944(10.5)

128(6.6)

202(10.4)

493(25.4)

  

837(43.1)

1107(56.9)

 

 Average

10617(57.4)

853(8.0)

883(8.3)

2482(23.4)

  

5690(53.6)

4927(46.4)

 

 Below average

5857(31.7)

700(12.0)

548(9.4)

1347(23.0)

  

3154(53.9)

2703(46.1)

 

 Missing data

78(0.4)

        

Communication with parents

    

−8.7

−6.2

  

<0.001

 More with father

1418(7.7)

124(8.7)

146(10.3)

347(24.5)

  

680(48.0)

738(52.0)

 

 More with mother

5121(27.7)

390(7.6)

350(6.8)

1091(21.3)

  

3188(62.3)

1933(37.7)

 

 Much with both

4078(22.0)

161(3.9)

270(6.6)

791(19.4)

  

2116(51.9)

1962(48.1)

 

 Little with both

7760(42.0)

1001(12.9)

859(11.1)

2091(26.9)

  

3695(47.6)

4065(52.4)

 

 Missing data

119(0.6)

        

Relationship with teachers

    

−3.2

2.2

  

<0.001

 Good

10787(58.3)

654(6.1)

925(8.6)

2556(23.7)

  

5659(52.5)

5128(47.5)

 

 Average

7024(38.0)

816(11.6)

632(9.0)

1615(23.0)

  

3779(53.8)

3245(46.2)

 

 Poor

635(3.4)

214(33.7)

75(11.8)

158(24.9)

  

269(42.4)

366(57.6)

 

 Missing data

50(0.3)

        

Relationship with classmates

    

−10.0

−5.6

  

<0.001

 Good

7374(39.9)

394(5.3)

579(7.9)

1641(22.3)

  

3732(50.6)

3642(49.4)

 

 Average

9743(52.6)

974(10.0)

840(8.6)

2234(22.9)

  

5424(55.7)

4319(44.3)

 

 Poor

1325(7.2)

313(23.6)

211(15.9)

453(34.2)

  

552(41.7)

773(58.3)

 

 Missing data

54(0.3)

        

Number of good friends

    

6.1

7.1

  

<0.001

 0

386(2.1)

133(34.5)

39(10.1)

84(21.8)

  

169(43.8)

217(56.2)

 

 1

663(3.6)

140(21.1)

42(6.3)

123(18.6)

  

391(59.0)

272(41.0)

 

 2

1898(10.3)

248(13.1)

106(5.6)

368(19.4)

  

1228(64.7)

670(35.3)

 

 >=3

15499(83.8)

1155(7.5)

1440(9.3)

3749(24.2)

  

7918(51.1)

7581(48.9)

 

 Missing data

50(0.3)

        

Pocket money (RMB)

    

−2.0

−0.5

  

0.042

 <200

13955(75.4)

1251(9.0)

1079(7.7)

3006(21.5)

  

7297(52.3)

6658(47.7)

 

 200-499

3684(19.9)

329(8.9)

405(11.0)

1049(28.5)

  

1998(54.2)

1686(45.8)

 

 >500

721(4.0)

91(12.6)

142(19.7)

261(36.2)

  

361(50.1)

360(49.9)

 

 Missing data

136(0.7)

        

Time doing homework

    

4.6

1.6

  

<0.001

 <=1

6987(37.8)

530(7.6)

917(13.1)

1920(27.5)

  

3826(54.8)

3161(45.2)

 

 2-3

8912(48.1)

769(8.6)

507(5.7)

1799(20.2)

  

3807(42.7)

5105(57.3)

 

 >3

2507(13.6)

384(15.3)

208(8.3)

603(24.1)

  

1096(43.7)

1411(56.3)

 

 Missing data

90(0.5)

        

Academic pressure

    

2.5

−1.0

  

<0.001

 Above average

7859(42.5)

1119(14.2)

671(8.5)

1914(24.4)

  

4349(55.3)

3510(44.7)

 

 Average

8109(43.8)

409(5.0)

612(7.5)

1754(21.6)

  

4381(54.0)

3728(46.0)

 

 Below average

2489(13.5)

154(6.2)

350(14.1)

669(26.9)

  

983(39.5)

1506(60.5)

 

 Missing data

39(0.2)

        

Father current smoking

10711(57.9)

973(9.1)

1009(9.4)

2652(24.8)

−0.7

0.3

5729(53.5)

4982(46.5)

0.006

Mother current smoking

243(1.3)

35(14.4)

35(14.4)

77(31.7)

−1.2

−0.1

131(53.9)

112(46.1)

0.687

Father current drinking

5392(29.2)

572(10.6)

532(9.9)

1501(27.8)

−1.3

−1.8

2740(50.8)

2652(49.2)

0.001

Mother current drinking

158(0.9)

19(12.0)

16(10.1)

50(31.6)

−0.5

−0.5

80(50.6)

78(49.4)

0.610

  1. Abbreviations: CIE, change in estimate.
  2. CIE1: change in estimate of the association between cigarette smoking and depressive symptoms resulting from including the covariate into the crude model.
  3. CIE2: change in estimate of the association between alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms resulting from including the covariate into the crude model.
  4. *Chi-square tests were used to test the difference between girls and boys by the above-mentioned categorical variables and a t-test was used to test the age difference between girls and boys.
  5. **Age data presented as the means ± SD and SD = Standard deviation.
  6. Bold type indicates that the correlation is significant (P < 0.05) according to Chi-square tests between the above-mentioned categorical variables and smoking, drinking and depression status.