Table 1.
Baseline Participant Characteristics According to Sex and Depressive Symptoms, Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, Dallas, Texas, 1979–1998
| Characteristic | Sex |
Depressive Symptoms (CES-D Score) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 10,284) |
Women (n = 2,315) |
<8 (n = 10,457) |
≥8 (n = 2,142) |
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| Mean | SE | No. | % | Mean | SE | No. | % | Mean | SE | No. | % | Mean | SE | No. | % | |
| Age, years | 44.9 | 9.3 | 44.5 | 10.2 | 45.0 | 9.4 | 44.0 | 9.9 | ||||||||
| Body mass indexa | 25.9 | 3.4 | 22.3 | 3.4 | 25.2 | 3.6 | 25.3 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| Waist circumference, cm | 92.5 | 10.2 | 71.0 | 9.1 | 88.5 | 12.8 | 88.5 | 13.8 | ||||||||
| % Body fat | 20.8 | 6.1 | 26.2 | 6.4 | 21.6 | 6.5 | 22.4 | 6.7 | ||||||||
| Max treadmill time, minutes | 19.4 | 4.9 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 18.7 | 5.1 | 17.7 | 5.5 | ||||||||
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 209.5 | 39.8 | 199.9 | 37.1 | 207.7 | 39.4 | 207.8 | 39.8 | ||||||||
| Blood pressure, mm Hg | ||||||||||||||||
| Systolic | 120.2 | 12.9 | 111.5 | 13.5 | 118.7 | 13.5 | 117.9 | 13.3 | ||||||||
| Diastolic | 80.4 | 9.3 | 75.2 | 9.2 | 79.5 | 9.5 | 79.3 | 9.3 | ||||||||
| Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dL | 99.8 | 14.8 | 94.4 | 13.5 | 98.8 | 14.7 | 98.5 | 14.7 | ||||||||
| Sedentary lifestyleb | 2,119 | 20.6 | 420 | 18.1 | 2,046 | 19.6 | 493 | 23.0 | ||||||||
| Current smoking | 1,357 | 13.2 | 186 | 8.0 | 1,241 | 11.9 | 302 | 14.1 | ||||||||
| Heavy drinkingc | 1,751 | 17.0 | 487 | 21.0 | 1,827 | 17.5 | 411 | 19.2 | ||||||||
| Baseline conditions | ||||||||||||||||
| Hypercholesterolemiad | 2,657 | 25.8 | 418 | 18.1 | 2,538 | 24.3 | 537 | 25.1 | ||||||||
| Diabetes mellituse | 260 | 2.5 | 38 | 1.6 | 241 | 2.3 | 57 | 2.7 | ||||||||
| Hypertensionf | 2,826 | 27.5 | 302 | 13.1 | 2,604 | 24.9 | 524 | 24.5 | ||||||||
Abbreviations: CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale; SD, standard deviation.
a Weight (kg)/height (m)2.
b Defined as no leisure-time physical activity in the 3 months before the examination as reported on the medical questionnaire.
c Defined as more than 14 and more than 7 drinks/week for men and women, respectively.
d Defined as a total cholesterol concentration of 240 mg/dL or higher or a history of physician diagnosis.
e Defined as a fasting plasma glucose concentration of 126 mg/dL or higher, previous physician diagnosis of diabetes, or use of insulin.
f Defined as resting blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or higher or previous physician diagnosis of hypertension.