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Published in final edited form as: Behav Genet. 2015 Aug 9;46(1):89–99. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9734-6

Table I.

Descriptive statistics, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

MESA n = 6,335
European American n=2,514 African American n=1,603 Hispanic American n=1,443 Chinese American n=775
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Depressive symptom scorea
Baseline CES-D 8 (7.8) 7.6 (7.6) 9.9 (9.2) 6.3 (6.6)
Averaged CES-D 8.7 (7.4) 7.8 (6.7) 10.2 (8.5) 6.2 (5.6)
Age 62.6 (10.2) 62.2 (10.1) 61.4 (10.3) 62.4 (10.4)
Sex (N,% male) 1207 48.0 744 46.4 711 49.3 385 49.7
Site (N,%) Baltimore, MD 505 20.1 482 30.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Chicago, IL 526 20.9 258 16.1 0 0.0 275 35.4
Forsyth County, NC 548 21.8 425 26.5 3 0.2 0 0.0
Los Angeles, CA 133 5.3 143 8.9 554 38.4 498 64.3
New York, NY 209 8.3 295 18.4 431 29.9 2 0.3
St. Paul, MN 593 23.6 0 0.0 455 31.5 0 0.0
Anti-depressant use (N,%) 307 12.2 61 3.8 84 5.8 19 2.5
Adult socioeconomic positionb 6.5 2.3 5.0 2.8 3.0 2.5 4.2 3.0
Chronic burdenc 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.1 0.1 1.0 −0.4 0.8
Social supportd 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.3
Neighborhood index scoree 0.4 0.9 −0.3 1.0 −0.6 1.0 0.2 0.7
β P β P β P β P
Chronic burdenc,f 0.33 <0.001 0.31 <0.001 0.32 <0.001 0.40 <0.001
Chronic burdenc,g 0.30 <0.001 0.27 <0.001 0.31 <0.001 0.34 <0.001
Social supportd,f −0.07 <0.001 −0.06 <0.001 −0.07 <0.001 −0.09 <0.001
Social supportd,g −0.06 <0.001 −0.06 <0.001 −0.06 <0.001 −0.08 <0.001
Neighborhood index scoree,f −0.12 <0.001 −0.14 <0.001 −0.03 0.30 0.10 0.03
Neighborhood index scoree,g −0.06 0.01 −0.06 0.04 0.04 0.21 −0.01 0.87

CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depression; MD: Maryland, IL: Illinois, NC: North Carolina, CA: California, NY: New York, MN: Minnesota

a

CES-D measured as 20-item sum ranging from 0 to 60;

b

Adult Socioeconomic Position: EA n=2,376, AA n=1,402, HA n=1,379, CA n=747;

c

Chronic burden: EA n=2,374, AA n=1,397, HA n=1,375, CA n=747;

d

Social support: EA n=2,376, AA n=1,402, HA n=1,378, CA n=747;

e

Neighborhood index score was standardized to the combined race/ethnicity mean and standard deviation: EA n=1,930, AA n=1,100, HA n=976, CA n=538;

f

Linear regression model, unadjusted;

g

Linear regression model, adjusted for age, sex, study site, and adult socioeconomic position