Cross-sectional observation of the relationship of depressive symptoms with lifestyles and parents’ status among Japanese junior high school students

Table 3 Comparisons of nutritional intake between students with and without depressive symptoms

	All	Students without depressive symptoms (n = 155; 77.2 %)^a	Students with depressive symptoms (n = 45; 22.8 %)^b	p ^c
Body weight (kg)	45.5 ± 7.6	45.3 ± 7.5	45.7 ± 7.3	0.83
BMI (kg/m²)	18.2 ± 2.1	18.2 ± 2.1	18.2 ± 2.2	0.93
Energy (kcal/day)	2330 ± 732	2390 ± 743	2123 ± 662	0.01
Riboflavin (mg/day/1000 kcal)	0.82 ± 0.21	0.81 ± 0.20	0.86 ± 0.25	0.32
VitamineB6 (mg/day/1000 kcal)	0.63 ± 0.15	0.63 ± 0.14	0.63 ± 0.18	0.93
VitamineB12 (µg/day/1000 kcal)	4.10 ± 2.15	3.97 ± 1.95	4.57 ± 2.71	0.39
Folate (µg/day/1000 kcal)	179 ± 69	179 ± 64	180 ± 85	0.50
n-3 fatty acids (g/day/1000 kcal)	1.1 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.4	0.78

Data for 41 students were excluded for the present analysis, since they did not report body weight or BMI, and since they reported incorrect responses to the energy-related items of the diet history questionnaire for Japanese adolescents
Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation
^aStudents without a CDI score of <16
^bStudents with a CDI score of ≧16
^c p values are shown for Mann–Whitney U test

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