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. 2014 Aug 15;9(8):e105499. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105499

Table 1. Sample characteristics stratified for severity of depressive symptoms (N = 14.731).

PHQ score
0-4-5 5–9 10–14 15–27
Number 9566 4032 856 277
Sex, female 45.3% 56.6% 59.9% 61.4%
Age, in years; mean (SD) 55.3 (11.2) 54.5 (11.0) 53.2 (10.3) 51.6 (9.8)
SES, (3-21), median (1st, 3rd quartile) 13 (10/17) 12 (9/16) 11 (9/15) 11 (8/14)
Depressive symptoms
Somatic-affective, median (1st/3rd quartile) 1 (1/2) 4 (3/4) 6 (5/7) 9 (7/10)
Cognitive-affective, median (1st,/3rd quartile) 0 (0/1) 3 (2/4) 5 (4/6) 9 (8/10)
Any Anxiety 3.4% 18.5% 55.2% 86.1%
Psychopharmacological treatment 4.8% 12.3% 24.0% 41.5%
Somatic conditions
Diabetes 6.9% 7.6% 9.0% 10.5%
Diabetes untreated/unaware 0.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4%
Obesity (BMI> = 30) 23.2% 27.2% 30.5% 38.8%
Hypertension 50.1% 48.7% 47.3% 49.6%
Dyslipidemia 28.6% 29.9% 34.2% 35.4%
Atrial fibrillation 2.6% 2.9% 2.4% 3.3%
CHD 4% 4.7% 5.5% 5.8%
Myocardial infarction 2.6% 3.5% 3.0% 3.3%
Stroke 1.6% 2.0% 3.1% 1.8%
Cancer 8.5% 10.2% 10.2% 7.2%
> three somatic conditions 3.0% 4.0% 5.1% 5.7%
Health care utilization (last 4 weeks)
Consulted somatic physicians 39.4% 47.1% 57.9% 64.6%
Consulted psychotherapists/psychiatrists 0.2% 0.4% 2.1% 9%