TABLE 2.
Characteristics at Wave 1 and Incident CVD by Wave 4 by PD Diagnosis
| Variables | PD (N = 32) Mean (SD) |
No PD (N = 212) Mean (SD) |
p | Total (N = 244) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographics at Wave 1 | ||||
| Age | 33.3 (10.7) | 34.8 (12.1) | 0.445 | 34.4 (11.9) |
| Education | 13.1 (2.6) | 12.25 (3.0) | 0.142 | 12.4 (3.0) |
| N (%) | N (%) | p-value | N (%) | |
| Gender | 0.839 | |||
| Female | 23 (71.9) | 146 (68.9) | 169 (69.3) | |
| Male | 9 (28.1) | 66 (31.1) | 75 (30.7) | |
| Marital Status | 0.997 | |||
| married | 16 (50.0) | 100 (49.3) | 116 (49.2) | |
| widowed | 4 (12.5) | 27 (13.3) | 31 (12.9) | |
| separated/divorced | 8 (25.0) | 48 (23.6) | 56 (24.2) | |
| never married | 4 (12.5) | 28 (13.8) | 32 (13.3) | |
| Race | 0.739 | |||
| White | 21 (65.6) | 126 (59.4) | 147 (60.2) | |
| Black | 10 (31.2) | 81 (38.2) | 91 (37.3) | |
| Other | 1 (3.1) | 5 (2.4) | 6 (2.4) | |
| Health Variables at Wave 1 | ||||
| “Heart Trouble” | 1 (3.2) | 11 (5.2) | 1.000 | 12 (5.0) |
| Stroke | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.4) | 1.000 | 3 (1.2) |
| Hypertension | 4 (12.9) | 24 (23.2) | 0.248 | 53 (21.9) |
| Diabetes | 0 (0.0) | 10 (4.7) | 0.369 | 11 (4.1) |
| Smoking 1+ pack/day | 9 (29.0) | 63 (29.9) | 0.579 | 72 (29.8) |
| DSM III Diagnosis at Wave 1 | ||||
| Alcohol abuse or dependece | 7 (22.6) | 33 (15.6) | 0.311 | 40 (16.5) |
| Drug abuse or dependence | 9 (29.0) | 19 (19.9) | 0.003 | 28 (11.7) |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 9 (29.0) | 27 (12.8) | 0.028 | 36 (14.9) |
| Generalized Anxiety Diosrder | 2 (8.3) | 11 (5.0) | 0.372 | 13 (5.3) |
| Panic Disorder | 5 (16.1) | 9 (4.3) | 0.022 | 14 (5.8) |
| Social Phobia | 0 (0) | 6 (2.7) | 0.413 | 6 (2.5) |
| Incident CVD by Wave IV | 7 (21.8) | 29 (13.9) | 0.242 | 36 (15.4) |
| Myocardial Infarction | 4 (12.5) | 17 (8.1) | 0.495 | 22 (9.1) |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 2 (6.3) | 11 (5.1) | 0.783 | 13 (5.2) |
| Angioplasty | 3 (9.4) | 17 (8.1) | 0.833 | 20 (8.2) |
| CABG surgery | 0 (0) | 5 (2.3) | 0.629 | 5 (2.0) |
PD: personality disorder; CVD: cardiovascular disease; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; SD: standard deviation.
p <0.05 bolded.