TABLE 1.
Demographic, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Cardiac Symptoms, Antidepressant Use, and Functional Status by Participant’s Self-Rated Health (n = 900)
| Variable | Poor (n = 92) |
Fair (n = 262) |
Good (n = 317) |
Very Good/Excellent (n = 229) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 56.6 (11.6) | 57.1 (12.3) | 59.4 (11.2) | 59.1 (10.8) | .03 |
| Education (% < high school) | 28.6 | 26.1 | 21.2 | 8.3 | <.001bc |
| Race (% non-Caucasian) | 26.1 | 29.4 | 17.4 | 7.0 | <.001bc |
| CAD severity score Age, mean (SD)a |
16.1 (15.1) | 14.6 (14.3) | 16.0 (16.0) | 12.9 (13.0) | .08 |
| Diabetes (%) | 39.1 | 34.9 | 23.8 | 9.6 | <.001c |
| Body mass index Age, mean (SD) |
30.1 (7.0) | 30.1 (6.8) | 30.1 (6.4) | 28.1 (6.2) | .003b |
| Dyslipidemia (%) | 61.0 | 65.6 | 49.8 | 45.5 | <.001b |
| Hypertension (%) | 73.6 | 70.9 | 55.7 | 45.9 | <.001c |
| Current smoker (%) | 26.1 | 24.0 | 19.3 | 12.2 | <.001b |
| DASI Age, mean (SD) | 10.7 (9.5) | 14.5 (11.5) | 20.8 (13.2) | 29.6 (15.3) | <.001c |
| Antidepressant use (%) | 26.1 | 24.8 | 15.8 | 9.6 | <.001b |
| Anxiolytic use (%) | 27.2 | 23.2 | 18.3 | 14.9 | .03b |
| Shortness of breath (%) | 69.6 | 66.8 | 57.7 | 42.0 | <.001b |
| Daily chest pain (%) | 50.0 | 45.4 | 35.6 | 28.8 | <.001b |
a
CAD severity scores shown in non-log transformed format. The F test, however, was conducted using the log-transformed version.
b
Very good/excellent groups differ from fair/poor groups.
c
Good/very good/excellent groups differ from fair/poor groups.
SD = standard deviation; CAD = coronary artery disease; DASI = Duke Activity Status Index.