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Table 1 Demographic characteristics between outpatients without psychiatric disorders recruited from general practitioner settings and individuals with major depressive disorder

From: Personality traits among major depressive disorder in southern Thailand: a hospital-based case–control study

Demographic characteristics

Number (%)

Statistics

p value

GP

outpatients (n = 73)

MDD outpatients

(n = 73)

Gender

  

χ2 (1) = 0.17

0.678

 Male

13 (17.8)

16 (21.9)

  

 Female

60 (82.2)

57 (78.1)

  

Age (years)

  

Ranksum test

0.998

 Median (IQR)

47 (34, 58)

45 (33, 59)

  

Religion

  

χ2 (1) = 0.24

0.622

 Buddhism

64 (88.9)

61 (84.7)

  

 Islam/Christianity/other

8 (11.1)

11 (15.3)

  

Marital status

  

χ2 (1) = 0.44

0.508

 Single/divorced

35 (47.9)

40 (54.8)

  

 Married

38 (52.1)

33 (45.2)

  

Education level

  

χ2 (3) = 5.79

0.122

 Secondary school or below

7 (9.6)

7 (9.6)

  

 High school

9 (12.3)

11 (15.1)

  

 Diploma

3 (4.1)

11 (15.1)

  

 Bachelor’s degree or above

54 (74)

44 (60.3)

  

Occupation

  

χ2 (3) = 10.22

0.017*

 Government employees officer/State enterprise officer/Private company employee

35 (55.6)

21 (29.2)

  

 Employee/agriculture

6 (9.5)

9 (12.5)

  

 Merchant/personal business

7 (11.1)

10 (13.9)

  

 Unemployed/student

15 (23.8)

32 (44.4)

  
  1. *Statistically significant difference between group
  2. IQR Interquartile range