From: Association between tea consumption and depressive symptom among Chinese older adults
 | Non- drinkers | Inconsistent drinkers | Consistent drinkers | Consistent daily drinkers | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depressive symptom, mean (SD) | 6.92 (3.50) | 6.72 (3.42) | 6.59 (3.34) | 5.86 (3.45) | < 0.001 |
Age, mean (SD) | 85.95 (11.67) | 85.15 (10.89) | 84.07 (11.21) | 82.13 (11.60) | < 0.001 |
Male, N (%) | 1575 (31.75) | 1493 (45.32) | 1216 (52.66) | 1589 (64.54) | < 0.001 |
Urban, N (%) | 1991 (40.13) | 1488 (45.17) | 1084 (46.95) | 1316 (53.45) | < 0.001 |
Educated, N (%) | 1524 (30.72) | 1402 (42.56) | 1035 (44.82) | 1449 (58.85) | < 0.001 |
Married, N (%) | 1385 (27.92) | 1100 (33.39) | 801 (34.69) | 1116 (45.33) | < 0.001 |
Having pension, N (%) | 805 (16.23) | 712 (21.62) | 577 (24.99) | 918 (37.29) | < 0.001 |
Smoking, N (%) | 698 (14.07) | 629 (19.10) | 567 (24.56) | 784 (31.84) | < 0.001 |
Drinking, N (%) | 796 (16.05) | 686 (20.83) | 570 (24.69) | 717 (29.12) | < 0.001 |
ADL score, mean (SD) | 0.55 (1.29) | 0.52 (1.28) | 0.39 (1.14) | 0.36 (1.09) | < 0.001 |
MMSE score, mean (SD) | 23.63 (6.94) | 24.04 (6.89) | 24.93 (6.17) | 25.96 (5.58) | < 0.001 |
Playing card/mahjong, N (%) | 694 (13.99) | 617 (18.73) | 483 (20.92) | 705 (28.64) | < 0.001 |
Community activity, N (%) | 525 (10.58) | 534 (16.21) | 466 (20.18) | 602 (24.45) | < 0.001 |
Tourism, N (%) | 254 (5.12) | 233 (7.07) | 180 (7.80) | 312 (12.67) | < 0.001 |
Sample size (%) | 4961 (38.1) | 3294 (25.3) | 2309 (17.7) | 2462 (18.9) | Â |