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. 2011 Aug 11;22(5):643–647. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr103

Table 1.

Sample characteristics at baseline as a function of the item ‘I felt depressed’ score and survival status

Variables Total, n (%) ‘I felt depressed’ score
Survival status
Mean (SD) P-value or for trend Dead P-value or for trend
Age, mean (SD) 51.2 (3.5) −0.13a <0.001 52.4 (3.3) <0.001
    Sex <0.001 <0.001
    Male 10435 (74) 1.45 (0.70) 549 (5.3)
    Female 3750 (26) 1.92 (0.90) 101 (2.7)
Employment position <0.001 0.052
    Low 2080 (14.5) 1.74 (0.88) 121 (5.8)
    Intermediate 8239 (58.2) 1.60 (0.79) 366 (4.4)
    High 3847 (27.2) 1.44 (0.68) 161 (4.2)
    Missing 19 (0.1) 2.15 (1.16) 2 (10.5)
Smoking 0.698 <0.001
    Never 6070 (42.8) 1.60 (0.80) 189 (3.1)
    Ex 5274 (37.2) 1.52 (0.74) 241 (4.6)
    Current 2592 (18.3) 1.65 (0.84) 208 (8.0)
    Missing 249 (1.8) 1.59 (0.78) 12 (4.8)
Alcohol intake 0.797 0.084
    None 1733 (12.2) 1.76 (0.89) 101 (5.8)
    Moderate 9305 (65.6) 1.55 (0.77) 356 (3.8)
    High 2764 (19.5) 1.53 (0.74) 171 (6.2)
    Missing 383 (2.7) 1.74 (0.86) 22 (5.7)
Physical activity <0.001 <0.001
    Competition 679 (4.8) 1.37 (0.62) 18 (2.7)
    >1/week 4134 (29.1) 1.51 (0.72) 147 (3.6)
    Only on holidays 3787 (26.7) 1.54 (0.75) 154 (4.1)
    Never 5477 (38.6) 1.69 (0.85) 321 (5.9)
    Missing 108 (0.8) 1.67 (0.91) 10 (9.3)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.130 <0.001
    < 20 223 (1.6) 133 (59.6) 14 (6.4)
    20–24.9 6526 (46.0) 2834 (43.4) 280 (4.3)
    25–29.9 5998 (423) 2373 (39.6) 277 (4.6)
    ≥ 30 1207 (8.5) 546 (45.2) 450 (4.1)
    Missing 231 (1.6) 102 (44.2) 29 (12.5)
Hypertension <0.001 0.001
    No 12417 (87.5) 1.57 (0.78) 542 (4.4)
    Yes 1768 (12.5) 1.67 (0.83) 108 (6.1)
CVD 0.005 <0.001
    No 13949 (98.3) 1.58 (0.78) 623 (4.5)
    Yes 236 (1.7) 1.72 (0.85) 27 (11.4)
Diabetes 0.486 0.002
    No 13877 (97.8) 1.58 (0.78) 624 (4.5)
    Yes 308 (2.2) 1.62 (0.84) 26 (8.4)
Dyslipidemia 0.032 0.910
    No 11794 (83.1) 1.57 (0.78) 542 (4.6)
    Yes 2391 (16.9) 1.61 (0.80) 108 (4.5)

a: Coefficient of correlation between age and the single-item scores