Table 1: The distribution of gastrointestinal cancer cases according to sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables and depression.
| Depression absent | Depression present | |||||
| n(69) | % | N(36) | % | |||
| Gender | Female | 24 | 68.6 | 11 | 31.4 | X2 = 0.2, p = 0.663 |
| Male | 45 | 64.3 | 25 | 35.7 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 60 | 66.7 | 30 | 33.3 | pFisher = 1.0 |
| Single | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | ||
| Widow | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | ||
| Divorced | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | ||
| Children | Absent | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 14.3 | pFisher = 0.418 |
| Present | 63 | 64.3 | 35 | 35.7 | ||
| Education | Primary school | 25 | 64.1 | 14 | 35.9 | X2 = 4.6, p = 0.204 |
| Secondary school | 11 | 64.7 | 6 | 35.3 | ||
| High school | 14 | 53.8 | 12 | 46.2 | ||
| University | 19 | 82.6 | 4 | 17.4 | ||
| Job | Retired | 41 | 71.9 | 16 | 28.1 | pFisher = 0.586 |
| Craft | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | ||
| Worker | 14 | 60.9 | 9 | 39.1 | ||
| Officer | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | ||
| Housewife | 10 | 55.6 | 8 | 44.4 | ||
| History of psychiatric disease | No | 63 | 67.0 | 31 | 33.0 | pFisher = 0.505 |
| Yes | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 45.5 | ||
| Family history of psychiatric disease | No | 65 | 69,1 | 29 | 30.9 | pFisher = 0.044 |
| Yes | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 63.6 | ||