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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;19(1):88–97. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181e049b6

Table 1.

Description of the sample

MEN WOMEN
N=2673 N=3213

n % n % χ2 df p-value
Center
 Bordeaux 460 17.21 454 14.13 11.06 2 0.004
 Dijon 1427 53.39 1806 56.21
 Montpellier 786 29.41 953 29.66
Age (years)
 65–69 771 28.84 1012 31.50 7.68 3 0.053
 70–74 948 35.47 1051 32.71
 75–79 644 24.09 800 24.90
 80+ 310 11.60 350 10.89
Widowed or divorced 368 13.77 1226 38.16 439.55 1 <0.0001
Education
 High 762 28.51 467 14.53 174.49 2 <0.0001
 Medium 1359 50.84 2006 62.43
 Low 552 20.65 740 23.03
BMI (kg/m2)
 <25 1008 37.71 1750 54.47 205.51 2 <0.0001
 25–29 1340 50.13 1035 32.21
 >30 325 12.16 428 13.32
Alcohol intake
 0–12 g/day 1058 39.58 2588 80.55 1138.61 2 <0.0001
 13–36 g/day 1114 41.68 572 17.80
 >36 g/day 501 18.74 53 1.65
Coffee drink > 2 cups/day 750 28.06 715 22.25 26.30 1 <0.0001
Mediterranean diet 1584 59.26 1649 51.32 37.12 1 <0.0001
Menopause
 Normal . 2586 80.49
 Surgical . 262 8.15
 Medical treatment . 365 11.36
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
 Never . 2162 67.29
 Past . 541 16.84
 Current . 510 15.87
CES-D ≥ 16 368 13.77 903 28.10 177.15 1 <0.0001
Chronic diseases
 0 455 17.02 593 18.46 8.25 2 0.016
 1 874 32.70 1125 35.01
 ≥2 1344 50.28 1495 46.53
Sleep medication 370 13.84 865 26.92 150.56 1 <0.0001
Loud snoring 474 17.73 278 8.65 107.96 1 <0.0001
Sleepiness 581 21.74 407 12.67 85.91 1 <0.0001
Nightmares 95 3.55 197 6.13 20.56 1 <0.0001
Number of symptoms
 0 791 29.59 860 26.77 190.49 3 <0.0001
 1 1006 37.64 838 26.08
 2 582 21.77 774 24.09
 3 294 11.00 741 23.06
Composite symptom index*:
 None 791 29.59 860 26.77 340.71 7 <0.0001
 DIS only 53 1.98 150 4.67
 DMS only 832 31.13 578 17.99
 EMA only 121 4.53 110 3.42
 DIS + DMS 195 7.30 379 11.80
 DIS + EMA 28 1.05 93 2.89
 EMA + DMS 359 13.43 302 9.40
 DIS + EMA + DMA 294 11.00 741 23.06
*

corresponding to either isolated or associated symptoms