Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of sample overall and by depression status

	Total Sample	BDI<10	BDI≥10
Characteristic	Mean (SD) or N (%)	Mean (SD) or N (%)	Mean (SD) or N (%)	p-value*
BDI	8.27 (7.07)	4.68 (2.59)	16.58 (7.16)
Age	69.07 (10.60)	69.54 (10.17)	67.99 (7.16)	0.05
Gender				0.5
Female	368 (37.78)	252 (37.06)	116 (39.46)
Male	606 (62.22)	428 (62.94)	178 (60.54)
Race				0.7
White	708 (72.69)	492 (72.35)	216 (73.47)
Other	266 (27.31)	188 (27.65)	78 (26.53)
Marital status				<0.001
Married	400 (43.96)	312 (48.45)	88 (32.08)
Not married	510 (56.04)	332 (51.55)	178 (66.92)
Ejection fraction	30.51 (12.27)	30.84 (12.03)	29.74 (12.79)	0.08
HF etiology				0.3
Ischemic	597 (61.29)	256 (37.65)	121 (41.16)
Non-ischemic	377 (38.71)	424 (62.35)	173 (58.84)
History of CABG				0.01
Yes	396 (46.86)	295 (50.26)	104 (40.31)
No	449 (53.14)	292 (49.74)	154 (59.69)
History of MI				1.0
Yes	352 (41.66)	243 (41.61)	109 (41.76)
No	493 (58.34)	341 (58.39)	152 (58.24)
NYHA score				0.007
<3	658 (67.35)	241 (35.34)	78 (26.44)
3 or 4	319 (32.65)	441 (64.66)	217 (73.56)
Reason for admission				0.02
Chest pain	186 (19.10)	136 (20.00)	50 (17.01)
MI	137 (14.07)	100 (14.71)	37 (12.59)
Worsening HF	340 (34.91)	214 (31.47)	126 (42.86)
Arrhythmia	97 (9.96)	71 (10.44)	26 (8.84)
Other	214 21.97	159 (23.38)	55 (18.71)
Diabetic				0.8
Yes	412 (42.08)	286 (41.81)	126 (42.71)
No	567 (57.92)	398 (58.19)	169 (57.29)
Taking SSRI				<0.001
Yes	135 (14.09)	72 (10.76)	63 (21.80)
No	824 (85.91)	597 (89.24)	226 (78.20)
Other antidepressant				0.03
Yes	12 (1.25)	5 (0.75)	7 (2.42)
No	946 (98.75)	664 (99.25)	282 (97.58)

^*Precision of test statistic: chi-square for categorical variables or t-test for continuous variables.