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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2010 Sep 15;96(20):1645–1650. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2010.198507

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by presence or absence of CHD and depressive symptoms at phase 7

Variables N total No CHD, not depressed No CHD, Depressed CHD, not depressed CHD, depressed P value/trend
Sex 0.161
 Male 4268 3359 (72.9) 491 (63.2) 350 (79.0) 68 (63.0)
 Female 1668 1259 (27.1) 286 (36.8) 93 (21.0) 40 (37.0)
Age in years < 0.001
 < 54 1110 873 (18.9) 203 (26.1) 25 (5.6) 9 (8.3)
 54–59 1822 1453 (31.5) 251 (32.3) 97 (21.9) 21 (19.4)
 60–64 1259 998 (21.7) 140 (18.0) 98 (22.1) 23 (21.3)
 64–69 1196 896 (19.4) 129 (16.6) 137 (30.9) 34 (31.5)
 70–74 549 388 (8.4) 54 (6.9) 86 (19.4) 21 (19.4)
SEP < 0.001
 High 2040 1661 (36.0) 181 (23.3) 178 (40.2) 20 (18.5)
 Middle 3032 2361 (51.2) 415 (53.4) 202 (45.6) 54 (50.0)
 Low 864 586 (12.7) 181 (23.3) 63 (14.2) 34 (31.5)
Ethnicity < 0.001
 White 5485 4355 (94.3) 669 (86.1) 397 (89.6) 74 (68.5)
 Other 451 263 (5.7) 108 (13.9) 46 (10.4) 34 (31.5)
Antidepressant drugs < 0.001
 No 5728 4505 (97.8) 690 (88.8) 437 (98.6) 96 (88.9)
 Yes 208 103 (2.2) 87 (11.2) 6 (1.4) 12 (11.1)
Smoking status 0.001
 Never smoker 2678 2129 (46.2) 334 (43.0) 172 (38.8) 43 (39.8)
 Ex smoker 2282 1780 (38.6) 255 (32.8) 205 (46.3) 42 (38.9)
 Current smoker 680 490 (10.6) 132 (17.0) 45 (10.2) 13 (12.0)
 Missing 296 209 (4.5) 56 (7.2) 21 (4.7) 10 (9.3)
Alcohol consumption 0.994
 Abstainers 973 662 (14.4) 179 (23.0) 91 (20.5) 41 (38.0)
 Moderate 3725 2983 (64.7) 437 (56.2) 258 (58.2) 47 (43.5)
 High 1158 920 (20.0) 137 (17.6) 85 (19.2) 16 (14.8)
 Missing 80 43 (0.9) 24 (3.1) 9 (2.0) 4 (3.7)
Exercise < 0.001
 ≥ 1.5 h/week 5152 4074 (88.4) 625 (80.4) 379 (85.6) 74 (68.5)
 < 1.5 h/week 784 534 (11.6) 152 (19.6) 64 (14.4) 34 (31.5)
Hypertension < 0.106
 No 4521 3590 (76.4) 603 (77.6) 324 (73.2) 74 (68.5)
 Yes 1410 1084 (23.5) 174 (22.4) 118 (26.6) 34 (31.5)
 Missing 5 4 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0)
BMI (kg/m2) < 0.001
 < 20 179 133 (2.9) 37 (4.8) 8 (1.8) 1 (0.9)
 20–24.9 2028 1638 (35.5) 241 (31.0) 127 (28.7) 22 (20.4)
 25–29.9 2606 2047 (44.4) 320 (41.2) 194 (43.8) 45 (41.7)
 ≥ 30 1099 773 (16.8) 176 (22.7) 112 (25.3) 38 (35.2)
 Missing 24 17 (0.4) 3 (0.4) 2 (0.5) 2 (1.9)
Diabetes < 0.001
 No 5656 4442 (96.4) 727 (93.6) 397 (89.6) 89 (82.4)
 Yes 281 166 (3.6) 50 (6.4) 46 (10.4) 19 (17.6)
High total cholesterol < 0.001
 No 1335 912 (19.8) 178 (22.9) 197 (44.5) 48 (44.4)
 Yes 4491 3639 (79.0) 583 (75.0) 216 (48.7) 53 (49.1)
 Missing 110 57 (1.2) 16 (2.1) 30 (6.8) 7 (6.5)
Resting Heart Rate > 80 bpm 0.803
 No 5051 3929 (85.3) 648 (83.4) 384 (86.7) 90 (83.3)
 Yes 885 679 (14.7) 129 (16.6) 59 (13.3) 18 (16.7)
CVD medications (Yes)
 Diuretics 494 348 (7.6) 54 (6.9) 70 (15.8) 22 (20.4) < 0.001
 Beta Blockers 584 346 (7.5) 60 (7.7) 147 (33.2) 31 (28.7) < 0.001
 ACE Inhibitors 649 392 (8.5) 76 (9.8) 144 (33.2) 34 (31.5) < 0.001
 Calcium Channel Blockers 420 259 (5.6) 43 (5.5) 94 (21.2) 24 (22.2) < 0.001
 Other anti-hypertensive 99 72 (1.6) 8 (1.0) 14 (3.2) 5 (4.6) 0.009