Table 1.

Comparision of patients who were free of heart disease at baseline (1999–2000) with and without MI^*

	Total	MI	No MI
Variable	n = 345,949	n = 11,659	n = 334,290	P
No diabetes plus no depression	62.1	48.3	62.6	<0.0001
No diabetes plus depression	22.4	23.0	22.4
Diabetes plus no depression	11.8	20.7	11.5
Diabetes plus depression	3.7	8.0	3.5
Age (years)	55.6 ± 13.17	59.26 ± 11.06	55.52 ± 13.22	<0.0001
Female	11.7	4.7	12.0	<0.0001
Race
White	71.1	78.2	70.9	<0.0001
Nonwhite	20.9	20.7	20.9
Unknown	8	1.1	8.3
Marital status				<0.0001
Married	49.4	49.2	49.5
Not married†	44.9	49.1	44.7
Unknown	5.7	1.7	5.8
Health care coverage				0.0571
VA only	62.4	63.3	62.4
Other	37.6	36.7	37.6
PTSD	14.6	16.8	14.5	<0.0001
Anxiety disorder unspecified	9.8	11.3	9.8	<0.0001
Panic disorder	2.1	2.5	2.1	0.0091
Hypertension	64.0	78.1	63.5	<0.0001
Hyperlipidemia	55.0	60.5	54.8	<0.0001
Nicotine dependence	34.4	38.9	34.3	<0.0001
Alcohol/drug dependence	23.8	24.2	23.8	0.3399
Obesity	49.9	55.0	49.7	<0.0001
Cardiac screen	57.7	59.0	57.6	0.0031
Cardiac procedure	2.1	4.5	2.0	<0.0001
Vasodilator Rx	9.1	19.6	8.7	<0.0001
Lipid-lowering Rx	44.2	48.3	44.1	<0.0001
Health care utilization‡				<0.0001
Lowest 25%	46.4	20.8	47.3
25th–50th percentile	24.0	26.5	23.9
50th–75th percentile	17.2	27.9	16.8
Highest 25%	12.4	24.8	11.9
12 Weeks of any antidepressant	32.4	33.6	32.4	0.0049

Data are presented as mean ± SD or percentage.

Rx, prescription medication.

*MI during follow-up from 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2007.

†Includes divorced, widowed, separated, and never married.

‡Clinic stops per month, categorized by quartile values in the entire sample.