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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants by RAR quartile (weighted)

From: Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and depression: a cross-sectional analysis among US adults, 2011–2018

 

RAR

   

P-value

Q1 (2.21–2.93)

Q2 (2.93–3.16)

Q3 (3.16–3.46)

Q4 (3.46–9.62)

N = 4,462

N = 4,549

N = 4,571

N = 4,568

Age (years)

41.42 (0.48)

48.19 (0.40)

51.66 (0.49)

53.84 (0.42)

< 0.001

Sex (%)

    

< 0.001

 Male

2824 (61.92)

2466 (52.65)

2099 (44.76)

1614 (32.21)

 

 Female

1638 (38.08)

2083 (47.35)

2472 (55.24)

2954 (67.79)

 

Race/ethnicity (%)

    

< 0.001

 Mexican American

604 (8.09)

705 (9.38)

637 (8.37)

561 (8.44)

 

 Other Hispanic

426 (5.59)

507 (6.24)

547 (6.73)

401 (6.05)

 

 Non-Hispanic white

1964 (72.05)

1844 (68.73)

1711 (64.95)

1498 (57.21)

 

 Non-Hispanic black

525 (4.93)

724 (7.31)

1096 (12.15)

1614 (20.52)

 

 Other race/multiracial

943 (9.33)

769 (8.33)

580 (7.79)

494 (7.77)

 

Education level (%)

    

< 0.001

 Below high school

788 (10.94)

950 (13.13)

1001 (14.14)

1068 (16.48)

 

 High school or equivalent

882 (19.41)

1004 (22.54)

1045 (22.65)

1154 (28.16)

 

 Above high school

2792 (69.65)

2595 (64.33)

2525 (63.22)

2346 (55.36)

 

Marital status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Married/living with partner

2719 (62.89)

2851 (65.91)

2660 (63.21)

2429 (58.61)

 

 Separated/divorced/widowed

596 (11.86)

882 (17.23)

1162 (21.47)

1379 (26.42)

 

 Never married

1147 (25.25)

816 (16.86)

749 (15.31)

760 (14.98)

 

PIR

3.16 (0.06)

3.10 (0.06)

2.95 (0.05)

2.61 (0.05)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m^2)

26.81 (0.14)

28.60 (0.16)

30.38 (0.21)

32.78 (0.19)

< 0.001

Sleep duration (hours)

7.21 (0.03)

7.27 (0.03)

7.29 (0.03)

7.34 (0.03)

0.049

Smoking status (%)

    

0.015

 No

2648 (58.65)

2581 (55.47)

2532 (54.00)

2510 (55.57)

 

 Yes

1814 (41.35)

1968 (44.53)

2039 (46.00)

2058 (44.43)

 

Alcohol drinking status (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

2934 (59.87)

3195 (64.67)

3410 (71.48)

3631 (77.50)

 

 Yes

1528 (40.13)

1354 (35.33)

1161 (28.52)

937 (22.50)

 

Hypertension (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

3337 (76.48)

3034 (69.16)

2688 (62.46)

2256 (53.60)

 

 Yes

1125 (23.52)

1515 (30.84)

1883 (37.54)

2312 (46.40)

 

Diabetes (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

4075 (93.52)

3921 (89.01)

3714 (84.48)

3354 (77.29)

 

 Yes

303 (4.49)

521 (9.03)

715 (12.91)

1050 (19.26)

 

 Borderline

84 (1.99)

107 (1.96)

142 (2.61)

164 (3.45)

 

Coronary heart disease (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

4382 (98.70)

4395 (96.92)

4353 (95.19)

4257 (93.35)

 

Yes

80 (1.30)

154 (3.08)

218 (4.81)

311 (6.65)

 

Stroke (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

4395 (98.75)

4414 (97.77)

4388 (97.12)

4262 (94.10)

 

 Yes

67 (1.25)

135 (2.23)

183 (2.88)

306 (5.90)

 

RDW (%)

12.63 (0.02)

13.13 (0.01)

13.58 (0.02)

14.96 (0.04)

< 0.001

Albumin (g/dL)

4.59 (0.01)

4.32 (0.00)

4.13 (0.01)

3.87 (0.01)

< 0.001

HRR

1.17 (0.00)

1.10 (0.00)

1.04 (0.00)

0.89 (0.01)

< 0.001

PHQ-9

2.60 (0.08)

2.84 (0.08)

3.28 (0.10)

3.81 (0.08)

< 0.001

Depressive symptoms

    

< 0.001

 < 10

4165 (93.99)

4215 (92.93)

4142 (91.37)

4001 (88.35)

 

 ≥ 10

297 (6.01)

334 (7.07)

429 (8.63)

567 (11.65)

 
  1. Mean ± SE for continuous variables: the P value was calculated by the weighted linear regression model
  2. N (%) for categorical variables: the P value was calculated by the weighted chi-square test