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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2014 Jan 17;123:223–230. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.10.014

Table 3.

Mean CES-D global, affective, and somatic depressive symptom scores by regression covariate values (p-values in parenthesis) in final sample (n = 125)

Covariate N (%) CES-D-G CES-D-A CES-D-S
Sex
Female 83 (66.4%) 8.7 2.7 4.2
Male 42 (33.6%) 6.3 2.1 3.1
(0.15) (0.55) (0.22)

Age (years)
< 70 12 (9.6%) 6.1 1.3 3.3
70 – 74 46 (36.8%) 8.0 2.7 3.8
75 – 79 32 (25.6%) 8.5 2.9 4.1
80 – 84 24 (19.2%) 8.0 2.6 3.8
85 + 11 (8.8%) 7.4 2.1 4.0
(0.93) (0.48) (0.99)

Education
High School 19 (15.2%) 10.1 3.0 5.6
2 Year College 12 (9.6%) 6.2 1.8 3.3
Bachelors Degree 44 (35.2%) 7.7 2.6 3.4
Graduate Degree 50 (40%) 7.7 2.5 3.7
(0.41) (0.97) (0.11)

Income
< $30000 18 (14.4%) 10.0 3.5 4.3
$30000 – $79000 70 (56%) 8.1 2.4 4.1
$80000+ 28 (22.4%) 6.5 2.2 2.9
Don’t Know/Refuse 9 (7.2%) 6.6 2.4 3.2
(0.33) (0.43) (0.34)

Exercise Frequency
< 14 activities/week 27 (21.6%) 7.9 2.9 3.5
14 – 18.25 34 (27.2%) 8.7 2.6 4.4
18.25 – 27 31 (24.8%) 8.6 2.6 4.5
> 27 33 (26.4%) 6.4 2.2 2.9
(0.60) (0.69) (0.26)

Antidepressant Use
Yes 27 (21.6%) 12.3 4.6 5.7
No 98 (78.4%) 6.7 2.0 3.3
(0.002) (0.0006) (0.007)