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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Depression comorbid with tuberculosis and its impact on health status: cross-sectional analysis of community-based data from 48 low- and middle-income countries

Characteristic

Category

Unweighted N

% or Mean (SD)

Tuberculosis

No

196,417

98.3

Yes

3347

1.7

Depression

No depression

205,752

87.7

Subsyndromal depression

5238

2.6

Brief depressive episode

6674

2.9

Depressive episode

13,965

6.9

Age, years

Mean (SD)

233,879

38.4 (16.1)

Sex

Male

104,355

49.2

Female

129,448

50.8

Education

No formal

52,116

26.5

Primary

76,193

30.9

Secondary

86,740

33.5

Tertiary

17,860

9.2

Wealth

Poorest

51,599

20.1

Poorer

45,893

20.0

Middle

42,317

19.9

Richer

40,128

20.0

Richest

37,724

20.0

Household size

Mean (SD)

242,311

5.7 (3.0)

Setting

Rural

117,556

56.5

Urban

114,825

43.5

Current smoking

No

174,814

73.5

Yes

54,746

26.5

Alcohol consumption

Lifetime abstainer

142,282

66.4

Non-heavy

74,016

28.8

Infrequent heavy

8817

3.7

Frequent heavy

2411

1.0

Body mass index, kg/m2

<18.5

16,883

13.8

18.5–24.9

95,208

57.9

25.0–29.9

38,700

19.3

≥30.0

18,287

9.0

Diabetes

No

205,671

97.0

Yes

6537

3.0

  1. Data are unweighted N and weighted proportion or mean (SD)
  2. SD standard deviation