Table 1.
Participant Characteristics: Sociodemographics, Medical Comorbidity, Body Mass Index and Dieta
| Total (n=278) | Depression (n=144) |
Comparison (n=134) |
p valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 70.4 (6.0) | 69.5 (6.2) | 71.3 (5.7) | 0.02 |
| Sex (female) | 173 (62%) | 78 (54%) | 95 (71%) | 0.004 |
| Racec | 0.2 | |||
| White | 239 (86%) | 127 (88%) | 112 (84%) | |
| African American | 24 (9%) | 8 (6%) | 16 (12%) | |
| Asian | 7 (3%) | 5 (3%) | 2 (1%) | |
| Native American | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Multiracial | 7 (3%) | 3 (2%) | 4 (3%) | |
| Education in years | 14.8 (2.3) | 14.3 (2.5) | 15.3 (2.0) | 0.0003 |
| Comorbidity scored | 4.9 (1.2) | 5.2 (1.4) | 4.5 (0.8) | <0.0001 |
| Body mass index (BMI) | 26.5 (4.6) | 27.6 (4.5) | 25.4 (4.5) | <0.0001 |
| Dietary supplement use (yes)e | 200 (80%) | 92 (78%) | 108 (82%) | 0.4 |
| Energy (kcal) | 1710.6 (673.2) | 1764.1 (718.2) | 1653.1 (618.7) | 0.2 |
| Total fat (g) | 66.8 (34.9) | 72.0 (37.7) | 61.1 (30.8) | 0.009 |
| Alcohol (g) | 7.7 (12.0) | 6.0 (11.6) | 9.6 (12.1) | 0.01 |
a
mean (SD) or # (%).
b
p value for difference between groups (chi-squared test used to compare proportions; t-test used to compare means).
c
percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
d
comorbid conditions include diabetes, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and heart disease (score of 1-4 for each condition to yield total score of 4-16).
e
n=250 (depression n=118; comparison n=132).