Table 1.

Age-adjusted baseline characteristics according to history of depression status (analysis 1) or body mass index category (analysis 2) in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS).^a

Characteristics	Analysis 1		Analysis 2
	No depression	Depression	Normal Weight	Overweight	Obesity
N (%)	54059 (82.0)	11896 (18.0)	28624 (43.4)	23206 (35.2)	14125 (21.4)
Age (years, mean)	66.0	64.7	66.1	65.9	64.8
History of depression (%)	NA	NA	15	18	24
Body mass index (kg/m2, mean)	26.4	27.7	22.4	27.2	34.3
Race (white, %)	98	98	98	98	98
Physical activity (MET-hrs/wk, mean)	18.7	14.4	21.6	17.1	12.0
Smoking status (%)
Current smoker	8	10	10	7	5
Past smoker	46	51	45	48	49
Never smoked	46	39	45	45	46
Marital status (with spouse, %)	75	65	74	74	71
Living status (alone, %)	19	23	19	19	20
Total energy intake (KCal/d, mean)	1734	1752	1725	1734	1762
Western dietary score, mean	−0.02	0.05	−0.14	0.02	0.22
Fruit and vegetables (servings/d)	5.4	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.3
Whole grain (grams/d)	26.3	27.4	27.4	26.1	25.2
Cereal fiber (grams/d)	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.2	6.1
Glycemic load	115.9	117.0	117.4	115.4	11.4
Red meat (servings/d)	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9
Fish (servings/d)	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Soft drinks (servings/d)	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.0
Coffee (cups/d)	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1
Polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratio	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6
Trans fat (% of energy)	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.7
Alcohol (g/day, mean)	5.1	4.4	6.2	4.8	3.0
Premenopausal, %	1	1	1	1	1
Ever menopause hormone use (%)b	71	82	76	71	67
Hypertension (%)	47	56	37	51	69
Hypercholesterolemia (%)	60	69	55	66	68
Diabetes (%)	7	13	3	8	19
Heart disease (%)	10	16	9	11	15
Stroke (%)	2	4	2	2	3
Cancer (%)	15	18	15	15	16

Abbreviations: MET-hrs/wk, Metabolic Equivalent-hours/week.

^aDepression was defined as currently reporting or having a history of physician-diagnosed depression and/or antidepressant medication use as of 2000.

^bCurrent plus past hormone use.