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Table 1 Baseline sample characteristics Agincourt, South Africa

From: Longitudinal correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption with depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in South Africa

Baseline variables

Baseline sample

Fruit and vegetable servings/day

p-valuea

Fruit servings/day

p-valuea

Vegetable servings/day

p-valuea

   

0–1

2

 ≥ 3

 

0

1

 ≥ 2

 

0

1

 ≥ 2

 
  

N (%)

%

%

%

 

%

%

%

 

%

%

%

 

All

 

3891

2452

881

526

 

933

2504

430

 

1286

2222

371

 

Age (in years)

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80 or more

742 (19.2)

1110 (28.7)

1018 (26.3)

681 (17.8)

313 (8.1)

68.2

64.9

62.3

58.7

63.9

20.9

22.6

23.9

25.0

20.6

11.0

12.5

13.8

16.3

15.5

0.017

22.9

23.5

23.6

23.7

32.5

66.0

65.1

65.6

65.4

56.6

11.1

11.4

10.8

10.8

10.9

0.093

39.7

34.6

30.7

28.3

32.7

54.5

57.1

59.0

58.9

55.1

5.8

8.3

10.4

12.8

12.2

 < 0.001

Sex

Female

Male

2184 (56.1)

1707 (43.9)

62.3

65.2

23.7

21.8

14.1

13.0

0.174

24.4

23.8

64.7

64.8

10.9

11.4

0.879

30.4

36.7

58.7

55.5

11.0

7.8

 < 0.001

Education

None

1–7 years

8–11

12 or more

1681 (43.3)

1279 (32.9)

441 (11.4)

481 (12.4)

65.7

62.6

62.0

60.3

21.6

24.1

24.1

22.6

12.7

13.3

13.9

17.2

0.111

30.7

22.8

15.7

12.7

61.2

65.9

70.4

69.1

8.1

11.3

13.9

18.2

 < 0.001

28.4

33.4

41.7

41.5

59.0

57.8

51.7

55.4

12.7

8.8

6.6

3.1

 < 0.001

Marital status

Married/cohab

Not married

2066 (53.1)

1823 (46.9)

61.8

65.5

24.4

21.1

13.8

13.4

0.035

20.6

28.2

67.8

61.2

11.6

10.6

 < 0.001

31.9

34.6

59.4

54.9

8.7

10.5

0.013

Wealth index

Low

Middle

High

1531 (39.3)

763 (19.6)

1597 (41.0)

69.1

65.7

57.1

19.8

22.4

25.9

11.1

11.9

16.9

 < 0.001

34.2

22.7

15.2

58.1

67.1

70.0

7.6

10.3

14.9

 < 0.001

30.1

36.7

34.4

58.4

55.1

57.3

11.5

8.2

8.4

 < 0.001

Alcohol dependence

No

Yes

3838 (98.7)

52 (1.3)

63.3

76.9

23.1

5.8

13.6

17.3

0.013

23.8

48.1

65.1

42.3

11.1

9.6

 < 0.001

33.2

30.8

57.3

57.7

9.5

11.5

0.858

Current tobacco use

No

Yes

3316 (85.3)

572 (14.7)

62.9

67.1

23.3

20.2

13.8

12.6

0.152

22.6

33.1

65.7

58.9

11.7

8.0

 < 0.001

33.1

33.5

57.9

53.7

9.0

12.8

0.012

Physical activity

Low

Moderate

High

1588 (41.1)

910 (23.5)

1368 (35.4)

60.1

65.7

65.8

24.5

21.9

21.7

15.4

12.5

12.5

0.009

20.2

21.4

30.4

66.7

68.5

60.0

13.1

10.1

9.5

 < 0.001

30.7

35.1

34.4

59.6

57.4

54.7

9.6

7.5

10.8

0.007

Body mass index

Normal

Under

Overweight

Obesity

1316 (35.2)

165 (4.4)

1091 (29.2)

1168 (31.2)

63.4

62.6

67.9

58.4

22.5

19.6

20.1

26.7

14.1

17.8

12.0

14.8

 < 0.001

27.3

27.6

24.6

19.0

62.3

61.3

65.1

68.1

10.4

11.0

10.2

12.9

 < 0.001

30.8

29.3

36.7

32.2

58.6

53.7

55.8

57.9

10.6

17.1

7.4

9.9

 < 0.001

Hypertension

No

Yes

1616 (42.2)

2215 (57.8)

66.9

60.7

20.3

24.8

12.7

14.5

 < 0.001

26.5

22.4

62.4

66.4

11.1

11.1

0.014

35.6

30.8

56.4

58.4

8.1

10.8

 < 0.001

Diabetes

No

Yes

3225 (89.1)

395 (10.9)

63.7

60.5

22.9

24.1

13.4

15.4

0.405

24.9

18.2

64.4

68.9

10.7

12.9

0.011

32.9

31.1

57.6

58.7

9.5

10.1

0.754

Dyslipidaemia

No

Yes

1881 (56.6)

1444 (43.4)

64.5

61.5

23.0

23.9

12.5

14.6

0.129

25.9

21.6

64.7

66.4

9.4

12.0

0.002

33.0

32.2

57.7

57.6

9.3

10.2

0.636

Cans/bottles/cups sugary drinks/week

0

1

2

 ≥ 3

843 (21.8)

906 (23.4)

1106 (28.6)

1009 (26.1)

70.7

63.0

64.5

57.2

19.1

22.0

24.7

24.8

10.2

15.0

10.8

18.0

 < 0.001

50.6

23.7

14.2

13.5

41.7

64.6

77.0

70.8

7.7

11.6

8.8

15.7

 < 0.001

36.6

30.3

32.2

33.9

52.4

57.9

59.7

58.0

10.9

11.9

8.1

8.1

 < 0.001

Depressive symptoms

No

Yes

3268 (84.5)

598 (15.5)

63.2

65.1

23.2

21.2

13.6

13.7

0.570

23.5

27.1

65.1

63.2

11.3

9.7

0.133

33.4

32.0

57.4

56.9

9.3

11.1

0.367

  1. aThe difference in baseline characteristics by fruit and vegetable consumption pattern was tested using Pearson Chi-square statistics