Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics in 1982 according to Presence or Absence of Stroke and Depression

	No STROKE, Not Depressed	No STROKE, Depressed	STROKE, Not Depressed	STROKE, Depressed
N	7,426	2,475	59	65
Mean age in 1982, years	56	57.4	69.2	68.9
Sex(%)
Men	40.1	28.0	52.5	43.1
Women	59.9	72.0	47.5	56.9
Race/Ethnicity(%)
White	87.2	82.0	84.7	84.6
Black/Other	12.8	18.0	15.3	15.4
Poverty-Income Ratio(%)
<125%	17.5	26.8	31.8	43.1
125–399%	61.0	59.6	54.5	43.1
400+%	21.5	13.6	13.6	13.7
Education(%)
<High school graduate	37.9	51.6	64.3	74.6
High school graduate	30.4	26.2	7.1	8.5
>High school graduate	31.7	22.1	28.6	16.9
Marital Status(%)
Single	4.8	5.5	3.4	4.6
Widowed/divorced	24.2	34.0	32.2	41.5
Married	71.0	60.5	64.4	53.8
Physical Activity(%)
Regular	16.9	13.1	1.7	3.1
Light	51.8	40.4	32.2	18.5
Sedentary	31.3	46.5	66.1	78.5
Body Mass Index(%)
<18.5 (underweight)	2.1	3.3	1.7	1.6
18.5–24.9 (normal weight)	44.1	42.5	42.4	35.9
25.0–29.9 (overweight)	36.1	33.7	42.4	42.2
30.0+ (obese)	17.6	20.5	13.6	20.3
Smoking(%)
Never smoked	45.0	46.4	49.2	40.0
Former smoker	27.7	23.8	37.3	33.8
Current smoker	27.3	29.8	13.6	26.2
Cancer (%)	3.6	5.3	3.4	9.2
Hypertension (%)	42.1	50.6	76.3	78.5
Heart disease (%)	14.3	23.6	44.1	56.9
Diabetes (%)	5.9	9.7	23.7	33.8
Aspirin use (%)	21.8	30.6	40.7	39.1