Table 1.
Year 10 (1995–1996) characteristics by race and by presence of depressive symptoms.
| Black men
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White men
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non depressed (N = 415)
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Depressed (N = 110)
|
Non depressed (N = 630)
|
Depressed (N = 91)
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| Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | |
| Age (years) | 34.4 | (3.84) | 34.3 | (3.31) | 35.4 | (3.44) | 35.9 | (2.99) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.2 | (5.60) | 26.7 | (5.56) | 26.6 | (4.36) | 26.6 | (4.54) |
| Cigarettes/d | 3.4 | (6.44) | 5.5 | (7.65) | 3.1 | (7.85) | 4.5 | (8.94) |
| Alcohol (ml) | 16.0 | (26.31) | 20.8 | (30.88) | 15.0 | (24.10) | 13.8 | (19.57) |
| Physical activity score | 465 | (326) | 392 | (307) | 417 | (275) | 401 | (281) |
| Years education | 13.9 | (2.31) | 12.9 | (2.11) | 15.6 | (2.69) | 14.7 | (2.81) |
| Unemployed (%) | 10 | 26 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Marital status: | ||||||||
| Unmarried (%) | 28 | 37 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| Married or in a marriage-like relationship (%) | 55 | 43 | 65 | 57 | ||||
| Widowed, separated, divorced, or other (%) | 17 | 20 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| Annual income: | ||||||||
| Less than $12,000 (%) | 7 | 29 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| $12,000 to $24,999 (%) | 20 | 25 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| $25,000 to $49,999 (%) | 40 | 28 | 32 | 32 | ||||
| $50,000 or more (%) | 33 | 17 | 56 | 41 | ||||
SD, standard deviation.