. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 9.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Gerontol. 2010 Apr 1;33(2):109–123. doi: 10.1080/07317110903552180

Table 3. Orthogonal Comparison of Heart Disease and Non-Heart Disease.

	Control+HTN (n=500)	Any HD (n=97)	F or χ²	P
Variable	Mean (Standard Deviation)
Age	70.79 (8.22)	73.30 (7.68)	7.760	.006^*
Sex (% male)	43.0	57.7	7.113	.008^*
Race (% white)	95.6	94.6	.196	.658
Income ($US)	64,982 (13,458)	64,216 (11,788)	.259	.611
Depression (% yes)	4.0	4.1	.003	.955
Total number prescription meds.	1.54 (1.57)	3.41 (1.98)	105.846	<.001^*
Meds. with negative effect (% yes)	9.2	12.5	.998	.318
MANOVA (Wilks’ Lambda = .988)			3.721	.025^*
Trails B (seconds)	101.56 (44.70)	114.02 (45.98)	6.259	.013^*
Useful Field of View subtest 2 (range 16-500ms)	171.07 (150.25)	206.25 (136.25)	4.586	.033^*

significant at p < .05