The mediating role of depressive symptoms among Turkish population related to gender and low back pain: evidence from a national health survey

Table 2 Distribution of individual and sociodemographic variables by age groups

Variables	Age of the participants						p-value^c
	15–34 Years		35–54 Years		55 + Years
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	2671	46.05	2855	45.22	2258	45.42	0.6409
Female	3129	53.95	3458	54.78	2713	54.58	0.6409
Marital Status
Single	3174	54.72	354	5.61	82	1.65	< 0.0001
Married	2532	43.66	5500	87.12	3694	74.31
Widowed	89	1.53	319	5.05	166	3.34
Divorced	5	0.09	140	2.22	1029	20.7
Educational Level
Primary level and below	271	4.67	513	8.13	1410	28.36	< 0.0001
Secondary level and equivalent	1594	27.48	2768	43.85	2370	47.68
High School level and equivalent	2398	41.34	1909	30.24	784	15.77
University and above	1537	26.5	1123	17.79	407	8.19
Work Status
Employed	2054	26.05	2536	40.17	310	10.75	< 0.0001
Housework (Not working)	333	4.22	832	13.18	462	16.01
Job seeker	1300	16.48	3	0.05	0	0.00
Continuing education	1957	24.82	302	4.78	0	0.00
Retired / Disabled	2242	28.43	2640	41.82	2113	73.24
Birth Place
Rural	5647	97.36	6132	97.13	4841	97.38	< 0.0001
Urban	153	2.64	181	2.87	130	2.62	< 0.0001
Lower Back Pain							< 0.0001
Yes	933	16.09	2245	35.56	2273	45.73
No	4867	83.91	4068	64.44	2698	54.27
Depressive symptoms
Yes	357	6.16	743	11.77	601	12.09	< 0.0001
No	5443	93.84	5570	88.23	4370	87.91	< 0.0001
Body Mass Index
Normal weight	5693	98.36	5885	93.81	4508	91.37	< 0.0001
Pre-obese	78	1.35	294	4.69	318	6.45
obese	17	0.29	94	1.5	108	2.19
Physical Activity
No/Mild activity	3025	52.16	3694	58.51	3394	68.28	< 0.0001
Moderate activity	1368	23.59	1461	23.14	921	18.53
Intense activity	1407	24.26	1158	18.34	656	13.2

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