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. 2015 Oct 12;15:56. doi: 10.1186/s12902-015-0049-7

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (N = 120,495)

Antidepressant medication use
No Yes Total No Yes Total
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
WHI-OS N = 68,169 WHI-CT N = 52,326
Baseline presence of elevated depressive symptomsa
  No 54923 (86.7 %) 3440 (71.8 %) 58363 (85.6 %) 42582 (86.7 %) 2238 (70.2 %) 44820 (85.7 %)
  Yes 8457 (13.3 %) 1349 (28.2 %) 9806 (14.4 %) 6557 (13.3 %) 949 (29.8 %) 7506 (14.3 %)
Agea
  Mean (SD) 63.7 (7.3) 62.1 (7.3) 63.6 (7.3) 62.8 (6.9) 61.77 (6.9) 62.8 (6.9)
  Median (IQR) 64.0 (11.0) 62.0 (12.0) 64.0 (11.0) 63.0 (11.0) 61.0 (11.0) 63.0 (11.0)
Ethnicitya
  American Indian/Alaskan Native 208 (0.3 %) 19 (0.4 %) 227 (0.3 %) 181 (0.4 %) 8 (0.3 %) 189 (0.4 %)
  Asian or Pacific Islander 2009 (3.2 %) 44 (0.9 %) 2053 (3.0 %) 1207 (2.5 %) 22 (0.7 %) 1229 (2.4 %)
  Black/African American 4037 (6.4 %) 158 (3.3 %) 4195 (6.2 %) 4266 (8.7 %) 119 (3.7 %) 4385 (8.4 %)
  Hispanic/Latino 1845 (2.9 %) 146 (3.1 %) 1991 (2.9 %) 1711 (3.5 %) 85 (2.7 %) 1796 (3.4 %)
  White 54614 (86.2 %) 4380 (91.5 %) 58994 (86.5 %) 41243 (83.9 %) 2924 (91.8 %) 44167 (84.4 %)
  Other 667 (1.1 %) 42 (0.9 %) 709 (1.0 %) 531 (1.1 %) 29 (0.9 %) 560 (1.1 %)
Education
  <= High school 2409 (3.8 %) 189 (4 %) 2598 (3.8 %) 2302 (4.7 %) 144 (4.5 %) 2446 (4.7 %)
  High school or GED 9765 (15.5 %) 752 (15.9 %) 10517 (15.5 %) 8991 (18.4 %) 587 (18.5 %) 9578 (18.4 %)
  > = High school, but less than 4 years of college 22587 (35.9 %) 1765 (37.2 %) 24352 (36.0 %) 19110 (39.1 %) 1236 (39.0 %) 20346 (39.1 %)
  4 or more years of college 28152 (44.7 %) 2036 (42.9 %) 30188 (44.6 %) 18426 (37.7 %) 1199 (37.9 %) 19625 (37.7 %)
BMIa
  Mean (SD) 26.7 (5.5) 27.9 (6.0) 26.8 (5.5) 28.5 (5.6) 29.4 (6.0) 28.5 (5.7)
  Median (IQR) 25.6 (6.3) 26.7 (7.2) 25.7 (6.4) 27.6 (7.2) 28.4 (8.0) 27.6 (7.2)
Minutes of recreational physical activity per weeka
  Mean (SD) 206.9 (186.2) 172.1 (174.8) 204.5 (185.6) 163.2 (169.0) 138.9 (159.2) 161.7 (168.5)
  Median (IQR) 165.0 (225.0) 135.0 (212.5) 165.0 (225.0) 125.0 (215.0) 85.0 (195.0) 120.0 (215.0)
Total energy intake (kcal/day)a
  Mean (SD) 1533.1 (599.9) 1615.1 (640.4) 1538.8 (603.2) 1716.7 (679.5) 1819.7 (711.9) 1723.0 (682.0)
  Median (IQR) 1461.3 (730.1) 1533.2 (765.8) 1465.4 (733.4) 1618.3 (832.5) 1716.3 (870.8) 1623.7 (833.7)
Hormone replacement therapy usea
  Never 18423 (29.6 %) 738 (15.7 %) 19161 (28.6 %) 17793 (37.9 %) 662 (21.6 %) 18455 (36.9 %)
  Former 12885 (20.7 %) 914 (19.4 %) 13799 (20.6 %) 12122 (25.8 %) 760 (24.8 %) 12882 (25.7 %)
  Current 30931 (49.7 %) 3055 (64.9 %) 33986 (50.8 %) 17057 (36.3 %) 1644 (53.6 %) 18701 (37.4 %)
Family history of diabetes
  No 41656 (66.0 %) 3114 (65.2 %) 44770 (65.9 %) 31282 (63.9 %) 2022 (63.7 %) 33304 (63.9 %)
  Yes 18923 (30.0 %) 1463 (30.6 %) 20386 (30.0 %) 15378 (31.4 %) 1004 (31.6 %) 16382 (31.4 %)
  Don’t know 2569 (4.1 %) 198 (4.1 %) 2767 (4.1 %) 2280 (4.7 %) 147 (4.6 %) 2427 (4.7 %)
Smoking statusa
  Never smoked 32614 (52.0 %) 2188 (46.2 %) 34802 (51.6 %) 25547 (52.5 %) 1429 (45.2 %) 26976 (52.1 %)
  Past smoker 26685 (42.6 %) 2207 (46.6 %) 28892 (42.9 %) 19615 (40.3 %) 1445 (45.7 %) 21060 (40.6 %)
  Current smoker 3370 (5.4 %) 339 (7.2 %) 3709 (5.5 %) 3495 (7.2 %) 285 (9.0 %) 3780 (7.3 %)
Reported diagnosis of diabetes by end of follow-upa
  No 60077 (94.8 %) 4468 (93.3 %) 64545 (94.7 %) 45269 (92.1 %) 2886 (90.6 %) 48155 (92.0 %)
  Yes 3303 (5.2 %) 321 (6.7 %) 3624 (5.3 %) 3870 (7.9 %) 301 (9.4 %) 4171 (8.0 %)
Years from enrollment to developing diabetesa
  Mean (SD) 7.7 (1.5) 7.6 (1.5) 7.7 (1.5) 8.0 (1.7) 7.9 (1.7) 8.0 (1.7)
  Median (IQR) 7.9 (2.0) 7.9 (2.0) 7.9 (2.0) 8.0 (1.7) 8.00 (1.9) 8.0 (1.8)

a P – value of <0.002 or lower