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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2008 Jun 18;299(23):2751–2759. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.23.2751

Table 1.

Characteristics of 5201 Men and Women Without Prevalent Diabetes by Depressive Symptom Status in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000-2002

CES-D<16 (n = 4290)
CES-D≥16 or Use of Antidepressant Medications (n = 911)
P Valuea
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IQR, interquartile range; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MET, metabolic equivalent task.
SI conversion factors: To convert C-reactive protein to nmol/L, multiply by 9.524; HDL and LDL cholesterol to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0259; insulin to pmol/L, multiply by 6.945; triglycerides to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0113.
Age, mean (SD), y
61.5 (10.1)
59.8 (10.2)
<.001
Sex, No. (%)
Men
2146 (50.0)
272 (29.9)
<.001
Women
2144 (50.0)
639 (70.1)
Ethnicity, No. (%)
White
1813 (42.3)
427 (46.9)
<.001
Chinese American
549 (12.8)
64 (7.0)
African American
1115 (25.9)
177 (19.4)
Hispanic
813 (18.9)
243 (26.7)
Educational status, No. (%)
<High school
759 (17.7)
163 (17.9)
<.001
High school
601 (14)
188 (20.6)
≥College
2930 (68.3)
560 (61.5)
Annual income, No. (%), $
<15000
729 (16.9)
219 (24)
<.001
≥ 15000 and <24000
478 (11.1)
127 (13.9)
≥24000 and <34000
525 (12.2)
116 (12.7)
≥34000 and <49000
681 (15.9)
146 (16)
≥49000 and <74000
754 (17.6)
149 (16.4)
≥74000
1123 (26.2)
154 (16.9)
Cigarette smoking status, No. (%)
Never
2198 (51.3)
444 (48.9)
.004
Former
1570 (36.7)
319 (35.1)
Current
513 (11.9)
146 (16.1)
Current alcohol drinking, No (%)
2551 (73.1)
508 (68.2)
.007
Daily caloric intake, median (IQR), calories/d
1483 (1102-2014)
1571 (1159-2175)
<.001
Intentional exercise, median (IQR), MET-min/wkb
945 (210-2130)
630 (0-1837.5)
<.001
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg
125.2 (20.8)
122.9 (21)
.004
BMI, mean (SD)
27.8 (5.2)
28.4 (5.6)
.004
Fasting insulin, median (IQR), mIU/L
5.1 (3.4-7.8)
5.2 (3.4-8.1)
.55
Cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dL
LDL
118.6 (30.7)
116.8 (31.9)
.11
HDL
51.4 (14.8)
53.6 (14.8)
<.001
Triglycerides, median (IQR), mg/dL
108 (76-155)
114 (80-160)
.13
IL-6, median (IQR), pg/mL
1.1 (0.7-1.8)
1.3 (0.8-1.9)
<.001
C-reactive protein, median (IQR), mg/Lb
1.7 (0.8-3.9)
2.2 (0.9-4.7)
<.001
Incident cases of diabetes, No.
215
60
Person-year
12968
2729
a

For categorical covariates, the P value was generated from the χ2 test. For continuous covariates, the P value was generated from the analysis of variance. For the nonnormally distributed variables, the P value was generated from the Wilcoxon rank sum test.