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. 2015 Dec 9;2015:607148. doi: 10.1155/2015/607148

Table 4.

Respondent characteristics by experience of residual symptoms in respondents aged 65 and older.

Residual symptoms p value
None (N = 78) One or more (N = 195)
n % n %
Age (Mean, SD) 69.37 4.07 69.72 4.53 0.558
Female 63 80.8% 143 73.3% 0.197
Non-white 4 5.1% 8 4.1% 0.709
Completed college 59 75.6% 145 71.4% 0.466
Annual household income 0.076
 Below $25k 13 16.7% 32 16.4%
 $25–<50k 13 16.7% 61 31.3%
 $50–<75k 14 17.9% 34 17.4%
 $75k and above 26 33.3% 53 27.2%
 Decline to answer 12 15.4% 15 7.7%
Employed 15 19.2% 33 16.9% 0.651
BMI (categories) 0.968
 Underweight 3 3.8% 6 3.1%
 Normal 26 33.3% 66 33.8%
 Overweight 28 35.9% 65 33.3%
 Obese (up to 35) 11 14.1% 34 17.4%
 Obese (over 35) 7 9.0% 19 9.7%
 Refused 3 3.8% 5 2.6%
Alcohol use 51 65.4% 133 68.2% 0.653
Smokes 13 16.7% 23 11.8% 0.282
Exercise in previous month 43 55.1% 113 57.9% 0.671
Psychiatric comorbidities
 Alcoholic 1 1.3% 6 3.1% 0.397
 Anxiety 8 10.3% 45 23.1% 0.016
 Depression 18 23.1% 76 39.0% 0.013
 Schizophrenia 1 1.3% 33 16.9% 0.000
 Bipolar disorder 3 3.8% 5 2.6% 0.570
 Fibromyalgia 4 5.1% 31 15.9% 0.016
Diagnosing doctor 0.074
 General Practitioner/Family Practitioner/Internist 66 84.6% 142 72.8%
 Psychiatrist 5 6.4% 29 14.9%
 Sleep Specialist 2 2.6% 15 7.7%
 Other 5 6.4% 9 4.6%
Prescribing doctor 0.264
 General Practitioner/Family Practitioner/Internist 82.1% 162 83.1% 82.1%
 Psychiatrist 7.7% 24 12.3% 7.7%
 Sleep Specialist 3.8% 3 1.5% 3.8%
 Other 6.4% 6 3.1% 6.4%

Note: indicates Welch's test was used in lieu of parametric t-test due to nonhomogeneity of variance.