Table 2.

Comparison of participants with lower (≤9) versus higher Beck Depression Inventory scores (mean[standard deviation]) on demographic, biomedical, and dietary variables.

Variable	Lower Beck Depression Inventory scores (n=105)	Higher Beck Depression Inventory scores (n=96)
Age	59.9(11.5)	56.8(11.2)
<High school education (%)	83.8	80.2
Beck Depression Inventory	4.9(2.7)	16.9(7.4)**
Antidepressant use (%)	11.4	19.8**
Depression treatment history (%)	14.3	31.9**
CAD severity score*	2.3(.8)	2.3(.8)
CVD events (%)	13.4	20.5****
Daily fiber intake (grams)	8.7(4.4)	8.1(4.2)
Daily fruit servings	1.3(.9)	1.1(.9)
Daily vegetable servings	1.3(.8)	1.2(.8)
Regular multivitamin use (%)	71.3	56.8**
Average calorie intake	1314.7(736.1)	1202.0(561.7)
% calories from fat	36.6(9.9)	36.7(11.5)
% calories from protein	16.8(3.7)	15.6(4.3)
% calories from carbohydrate	46.0(10.1)	47.0(12.4)
# prior weight loss diets	2.9(1.6)	3.3(1.9)
Hypertensive (%)	54.3	61.1
Dyslipidemia (%)	52.4	59.3
Diabetic (%)	21.0	28.6
Body mass index≥30 (%)	40.0	37.4
Current smoker (%)	13.5	28.6**

^*Variable derived from quantitative angiogram result and logarithmically transformed to normalize distribution

^**Group difference significant, p<.05 CAD=Coronary

Artery Disease CVD=Cardiovascular disease (CVD mortality, heart failure, myocardial infarction, & stroke)