Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics (N=2728).

Characteristic	Depression Status†
	Non-Depressed (n=2305)	Depressed (n=423)	P value‡
Demographics
Age, mean (SD) (range=60 to 102)	67.7 (7.0)	66.1 (6.5)	<.0001
Female, %	70.4	77.1	.0051
Black, %	68.1	51.5	<.0001
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Diabetes, %	20.3	22.5	.3041
Hypertension, %	61.5	55.6	.0220
History of smoking, %	27.6	32.2	.0582
Cholesterol level > 200, %	48.5	50.6	.4202
Ideal body weight in highest quartile, %	25.5	23.7	.4377

^†Individuals with a CES-D score of ≥16 were classified as depressed, and those with a CES-D score <16 were classified as non-depressed.

^‡An independent samples t test with 2726 degrees of freedom was used to compare the depressed and non-depressed groups on age. All other comparisons were based upon a chi-square test with 1 degree of freedom.