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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2013 Apr 8;74(6):523–529. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.02.010

Table 1. Characteristics of the two half samples and total samples on all covariates broken down by mortality status.

Sample 1
Sample 2
Total Sample
Alive
(n = 2077)
Dead
(n = 124)
Total
(n = 2201)
Alive
(n = 2086)
Dead
(n = 124)
Total
(n = 2210)
Alive
(n = 4163)
Dead
(n = 248)
Total
(n = 4411)



Categorical Variables1
Ethnicity
 White 1693 (81.5) 83 (66.9) 1776 (85.5) 1748 (83.8) 87 (70.2) 1835 (83.0) 3441 (82.7) 170 (68.5) 3611 (81.8)
 Black 241 (11.6) 30 (24.2) 271 (13.0) 224 (10.7) 25 (20.2) 249 (11.3) 465 (11.2) 55 (22.2) 520 (11.8)
 Other2 143 (6.9) 11 (8.9) 154 (7.4) 114 (5.5) 12 (9.7) 126 (5.7) 257 (6.2) 23 (9.3) 280 (6.3)
Somatic conditions
 Absent 1794 (86.7) 81 (65.9) 1875 (85.5) 1825 (88.0) 100 (81.3) 1925 (87.6) 3619 (87.3) 181 (73.6) 3800 (86.5)
 Present 276 (13.3) 42 (34.1) 318 (14.5) 250 (12.0) 23 (18.7) 273 (12.4) 526 (12.7) 65 (26.4) 591 (13.5)
Major depression
 Absent 1950 (93.9) 108 (87.1) 2058 (93.5) 1959 (93.9) 106 (85.5) 2065 (93.4) 3909 (93.9) 214 (86.3) 4123 (93.5)
 Present 127 (6.1) 16 (12.9) 143 (6.5) 127 (6.1) 18 (14.5) 145 (6.6) 254 (6.1) 34 (13.7) 288 (6.5)
Generalized anxiety disorder
 Absent 1898 (91.4) 99 (79.8) 1997 (90.7) 1893 (90.7) 96 (77.4) 1989 (90.0) 3791 (91.1) 195 (78.6) 3986 (90.4)
 Present 179 (8.6) 25 (20.2) 204 (9.3) 193 (9.3) 28 (22.6) 221 (10.0) 372 (8.9) 53 (21.4) 425 (9.6)
Smoking
 Nonsmoker 523 (25.2) 22 (17.7) 545 (24.8) 550 (26.4) 20 (16.1) 570 (25.8) 1073 (25.8) 42 (16.9) 1115 (25.3)
 Former smoker 630 (30.4) 28 (22.6) 658 (29.9) 584 (28.0) 20 (16.1) 604 (27.3) 1214 (29.2) 48 (19.4) 1262 (28.6)
 Current smoker 921 (44.4) 74 (59.7) 995 (45.3) 951 (45.6) 84 (67.7) 1035 (46.9) 1872 (45.0) 158 (63.7) 2030 (46.1)
Drinking
 Never drinker 204 (9.9) 8 (6.5) 212 (9.7) 212 (10.2) 9 (7.3) 221 (10.0) 416 (10.1) 17 (6.9) 433 (9.9)
 Nondrinker 328 (15.9) 24 (19.5) 352 (16.1) 281 (13.5) 24 (19.5) 305 (13.9) 609 (14.7) 48 (19.5) 657 (15.0)
 Never binges 689 (33.5) 30 (24.4) 719 (33.0) 695 (33.5) 23 (18.7) 718 (32.6) 1384 (33.5) 53 (21.5) 1437 (32.8)
 1 binge/month 493 (24.0) 30 (24.4) 523 (24.0) 518 (24.9) 32 (26.0) 550 (25.0) 1011 (24.5) 62 (25.2) 1073 (24.5)
 2-7 binges/month 170 (8.3) 11 (8.9) 181 (8.3) 187 (9.0) 13 (10.6) 200 (9.1) 357 (8.6) 24 (9.8) 381 (8.7)
 ≥ 8 binges/month 173 (8.4) 20 (16.3) 193 (8.9) 184 (8.9) 22 (17.9) 206 (9.4) 357 (8.6) 42 (17.1) 399 (9.1)
Continuous Variables3
Age 37.9 (2.6) 38.3 (2.6) 37.9 (2.5) 37.9 (2.4) 38.0 (2.8) 37.9 (2.4) 37.9 (2.5) 38.2 (2.7) 37.9 (2.5)
Army General Technical Test
 Verbal 107.2 (22.0) 101.8 (22.3) 106.9 (22.0) 107.8 (22.3) 100.0 (24.9) 107.4 (22.5) 107.5 (22.1) 100.9 (23.6) 107.2 (22.3)
 Arithmetic 104.4 (21.9) 97.4 (20.8) 104.0 (21.9) 105.3 (21.9) 96.5 (24.4) 104.8 (22.1) 104.9 (21.9) 96.9 (22.6) 104.4 (22.0)
Pulse rate/minute 81.3 (12.2) 85.9 (14.0) 81.6 (12.3) 80.9 (11.9) 85.5 (13.7) 81.2 (12.1) 81.1 (12.1) 85.7 (13.8) 81.4 (12.2)
Blood pressure
 Systolic 123.0 (11.9) 125.9 (16.1) 123.2 (12.2) 122.7 (11.5) 124.9 (14.8) 122.8 (11.7) 122.9 (11.7) 125.4 (15.4) 123.0 (12.0)
 Diastolic 84.0 (9.3) 86.7 (11.2) 84.2 (9.4) 84.0 (9.2) 85.7 (12.1) 84.1 (9.4) 84.0 (9.2) 86.2 (11.7) 84.1 (9.4)
Blood glucose (mg/dl) 93.6 (12.7) 107.2 (52.1) 94.4 (17.7) 94.0 (15.8) 98.5 (26.6) 94.2 (16.6) 93.8 (14.3) 102.8 (41.5) 94.3 (17.1)
FEV1 4.0 (0.6) 3.8 (0.7) 4.0 (0.7) 4.1 (0.6) 3.7 (0.7) 4.1 (0.7) 4.1 (0.6) 3.8 (0.7) 4.0 (0.7)

Note.

1

The value outside the parentheses is the frequency; the value within the parentheses is the percentage.

2

Comprised of Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Native Alaskans.

3

The value outside the parentheses is the mean; the value within the parentheses is the standard deviation.