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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2015 Oct 21;21(4):399–408. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1102199

Table 1. Baseline sample characteristics by frailty and depression status.

Characteristic Frailty Depression

Total Frail1 Not frail Depressed2 Not depressed

N=13,495 N=3,252 N=10,243 N=2,683 N=10,812

% or
Mean (sd)
% or
Mean (sd)
% or
Mean (sd)
% or
Mean (sd)
% or
Mean (sd)
Age (yrs) 65.9 (9.3) 67.4 (9.7) 65.5 (9.2) 65.8 (9.7) 65.9 (9.2)
Female 60.4 71.8 56.7 69.9 58.0
Race
 White 83.2 79.6 84.4 76.8 84.8
 Black 14.2 17.4 13.1 19.7 12.8
 Other 2.7 3.0 2.5 3.5 2.4
Educations (yrs) 12.6 (3.2) 11.5 (3.4) 12.9 (3.0) 11.4 (3.5) 12.9 (3.0)
Marital Status
 Married/partnered 67.8 58.0 70.7 52.9 71.4
 Separated/divorced 12.1 15.8 11.0 19.0 10.4
 Widowed 17.0 22.8 15.2 24.2 15.2
 Never married 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.8 3.0
Household Poverty 8.3 15.8 5.9 17.1 6.1
Health Insurance
 Medicare 55.5 66.7 51.9 58.2 54.8
 Medicaid 6.7 16.1 3.7 15.2 4.5
 Private 18.1 18.2 18.1 15.6 18.8
Current smoker 14.2 17.5 13.2 20.5 12.7
1

Frail = Frailty Index score >.25

2

Depressed = CESD > 3