Table 4.
Demographic differences across latent profiles
| Variable | Profile 1 n = 29 |
Profile 2 n = 53 |
Profile 3 n = 129 |
Profile 4 n = 41 |
Profile 5 n = 258 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | ||
| Age | 74.48(5.02) | 68.85(3.31) | 70.96(4.03) | 71.93(4.22) | 72.11(4.92) | < 0.001 |
| Education years | 10.48(2.08) | 12.79(1.83) | 9.25(4.06) | 10.46(3.55) | 9.66(3.58) | < 0.001 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 12(41.38) | 22(41.51) | 60(46.51) | 26(63.41) | 135(52.33) | 0.163 |
| Male | 17(58.62) | 31(58.49) | 69(53.49) | 15(36.59) | 123(47.67) | |
| Living status | ||||||
| Living together | 9(31.03) | 50(94.33) | 57(44.19) | 28(68.29) | 198(76.74) | < 0.001 |
| Living alone | 20(68.97) | 3(5.66) | 72(55.81) | 13(31.71) | 60(23.26) | |
| Economic status | ||||||
| Middle/high | 11(37.93) | 36(67.92) | 47(36.43) | 18(43.90) | 186(72.09) | < 0.001 |
| Low | 18(62.07) | 17(32.08) | 82(63.57) | 23(56.10) | 72(27.91) | |
Values are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables. Differences across profiles were examined using one-way ANOVA or Welch’s ANOVA for continuous variables, and chi-square tests for categorical variables
Profile 1 = High-Depression Vulnerable Group; Profile 2 Moderate-Depression Socially Connected High-Resource Group; Profile 3 = Low-Depression Socially Constrained Group; Profile 4 = Elevated-Depression Intermediate-Resource Group; Profile 5 = Low-Depression, High-Support, Limited-Network Group.