Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (n=74)

Characteristic	Total
Age (M±S.D.)	65.8±13.5
Gender (n, %)
Male	31 (41.9)
Female	43 (57.1)
Ethnicity (n, %)
Caucasian	53 (71.6)
African American	21 (28.4)
Education (n, %)
High school	42 (56.8)
Tech/college	23 (31.1)
Marital status (n, %)
Married	29 (39.2)
Widowed	21 (28.4)
Divorced/single	23 (31.1)
NYHA Class (n, %)
II	32 (43.3)
III	42 (56.7)
Comorbidity (M±S.D.; range)	2.9±1.7; 1–8
Hypertension (n, %)	60 (88.2)
Myocardial infarction (n, %)	23 (34.4)
Diabetes (n, %)	22 (32.4)
Major depression history (n, %)	52 (77.0)
Total Medications (M±S.D.; range)	7.8±3.9; 2–20
Antidepressants (n, %)	22 (29.7)
Antianxiety (n, %)	9 (12.2)