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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 May;25(5):10.1002/gps.2363. doi: 10.1002/gps.2363

Table 3.

Unadjusted means and standard deviations for the health behaviors at each assessment, and tests of difference in adjusted means

Outcome variables Total sample N = 2759 No depression symptoms N = 1988 (72%)
(1)
Improved depression symptoms N = 382 (14%)
(2)
Worsening depression symptoms N = 214 (8%)
(3)
Persistent depression symptoms N = 175 (6%)
(4)
Global test of statistical significance F(3,2595) Baselinea
5 Yearb
1 vs. 2 1 vs.3 1 vs.4 1 vs.2 1 vs.3 1 vs.4
Days with a healthy diet *** *** *** ***
 Baseline 4.9 (1.9) 4.9 (1.9) 3.8 (2.0) 4.9 (1.9) 3.7 (2.2) 32.94***
 5 Year 5.3 (1.7) 5.4 (1.7) 4.9 (1.9) 4.6 (2.0) 4.0 (2.1) 22.10***
Days eating fruits and vegetables of at least 5 servings *** *** ***
 Baseline 4.0 (2.4) 4.2 (2.4) 3.2 (2.4) 4.0 (2.5) 3.2 (2.5) 15.74***
 5 Year 4.1 (2.6) 4.2 (2.6) 3.9 (2.5) 3.5 (2.7) 3.7 (2.7) 6.71***
Days eat high fat foods? * *
 Baseline 3.1 (1.9) 3.0 (1.9) 3.3 (1.9) 3.0 (1.9) 3.4 (2.0) 2.75*
 5 Year 2.7 (2.1) 2.6 (2.1) 2.6 (2.1) 2.9 (2.2) 2.8 (2.2) 1.88
Days of 30 + minutes of physical activity ** ** ** **
 Baseline 3.2 (2.3) 3.5 (2.3) 2.5 (2.2) 3.2 (2.2) 2.5 (2.2) 15.87***
 5 Year 2.9 (2.5) 3.1 (2.5) 2.5 (2.5) 2.3 (2.5) 1.9 (2.2) 8.78***
Days with specific exercise session *** *** *** *
 Baseline 2.3 (2.3) 2.5 (2.4) 1.7 (2.1) 2.2 (2.4) 1.4 (1.8) 12.16***
 5 Year 2.1 (2.4) 2.3 (2.5) 1.8 (2.2) 1.5 (2.2) 1.4 (2.2) 6.15***
Smoking at 5 years - % (N) **
 Baseline 7.9% (217) 6.5% (129) 12.8% (49) 9.3% (20) 10.9% (19) 3.46*
 5 Year 6.6% (181) 5.2% (104) 11.0% (42) 7.9% (17) 10.3% (18) 0.21
a

Covariates used: age, gender, race, employment, education, marital status, macro/micro events before and after Cohort Entry Date, # diabetes complications, Rx risk, HbA1c, insulin use, type 1 diabetes, years with diabetes.

b

Covariates same as a(baseline) + baseline outcome variable.

*

p <.01 ;

**

p <.001;

***

p <.0001.