Table 2.
Characteristics of participants with depressive symptoms and subjective cognitive decline.
| Depressive Symptoms According to GDS-Score (n = 1016) | Subjective Cognitive Decline (n = 921) | All Participants (n = 1030) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 60) | No (n = 956) | p-Value | Yes (n = 320) | No (n = 601) | p-Value | |||
| Age | Median (IQR) [years] | 67.00 (10.00) | 69.00 (8.00) | 0.184 | 69.00 (9.00) | 69.00 (7.00) | 0.819 | 69.00 (8.00) |
| Sex | Male [n] | 27 (45.0%) | 457 (47.8%) | 0.673 | 152 (47.5%) | 293 (48.8%) | 0.717 | 493 (47.9%) |
| Female [n] | 33 (55.0%) | 499 (52.2%) | 168 (52.5%) | 308 (51.2%) | 537 (52.1%) | |||
| BMI | Median (IQR) [kg/m2] | 32.85 (6,50) | 30.50 (7.70) | 0.005 * | 30.60 (7.50) | 30.50 (7.70) | 0.652 | 30.40 (7.70) |
| Education group (CASMIN) | Low [n] | 21 (35.0%) | 224 (23.4%) | 0.022 * | 61 (19.0%) | 158 (26.3%) | 0.024 * | 251 (24.4%) |
| Medium [n] | 33 (55.0%) | 508 (53.2%) | 175 (54.7%) | 318 (52.9%) | 546 (53.0%) | |||
| High [n] | 6 (10.0%) | 224 (23.4%) | 84 (26.3%) | 125 (20.8%) | 233 (22.6%) | |||
| Lubben social network scale | Median (IQR) | 11.00 (7.00) | 18.00 (7.00) | <0.001 * | 17.00 (7.00) | 17.00 (8.00) | 0.513 | 17.00 (8.00) |
| Two times a week minimum of 30 min of sports | Yes [n] | 38 (64.4%) | 448 (46.9%) | <0.001 * | 144 (45.3%) | 296 (49.3%) | 0.408 | 489 (47.8%) |
| No [n] | 18 (30.5%) | 503 (52.6%) | 171 (53.8%) | 300 (49.9%) | 525 (51.3%) | |||
| Not specified [n] | 3 (5.1%) | 5 (0.5%) | 3 (0.9%) | 5 (0.8%) | 9 (0.9%) | |||
| Hypertension | No [n] | 9 (15.0%) | 118 (12.4%) | 0.676 | 46 (14.4%) | 66 (11.0%) | 0.140 | 128 (12.4%) |
| Yes [n] | 51 (85.0%) | 831 (86.9%) | 270 (84.4%) | 532 (88.5%) | 895 (86.9%) | |||
| Not specified [n] | - | 7 (0.7%) | 4 (1.2%) | 3 (0.5%) | 7 (0.7%) | |||
| MoCA-Score | Median (IQR) | 24.00 (7.00) | 25.00 (4.00) | 0.146 | 25.00 (4.00) | 25.00 (5.00) | 0.069 | 25.00 (4.00) |
| Sleeping problems | No [n] | 41 (68.3%) | 779 (81.5%) | 0.026 * | 241 (75.3%) | 509 (84.7%) | 0.002 * | 833 (80.9%) |
| Yes [n] | 19 (31.7%) | 171 (17.9%) | 76 (23.8%) | 90 (15.0%) | 191 (18.5%) | |||
| Not specified [n] | - | 6 (0.6%) | 3 (0.9%) | 2 (0.3%) | 6 (0.6%) | |||
| Daily alcohol consumption | Median (IQR) [g/day] | 0.00 (9.53) | 7.49 (18.26) | 0.173 | 7.49 (17.47) | 4.08 (17.47) | 0.472 | 7.49 (17.47) |
| Packyears | Median (IQR) [py] | 7.00 (30.00) | 2.00 (26.45) | 0.275 | 0.99 (24.25) | 3.60 (27.00) | 0.413 | 2.40 (26.50) |
| Subjective cognitive decline | No [n] | 20 (41.7%) | 578 (66.8%) | <0.001 * | - | 601 (65.3%) | ||
| Yes [n] | 28 (58.3%) | 287 (33.2%) | 320 (34.7%) | |||||
| Depressive symptoms according to GDS-Score | No [n] | - | 287 (91.1%) | 578 (96.7%) | <0.001 * | 956 (94.1%) | ||
| Yes [n] | 28 (8.9%) | 20 (3.3%) | 60 (5.9%) | |||||
IQR = Interquartile range; BMI = Body mass index; Education group (CASMIN) = Education group according to CASMIN; MoCA = Montreal cognitive assessment; GDS = Geriatric depression scale. * = Significant at the 0.05 level.