Table 1.
Baseline Participant Characteristics by Depressive Symptoms
| Depressive Symptoms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n = 2804 |
No n = 20942 |
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| Variable | missing | % | % | p-value |
| age | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| <50-59 | 42.4 | 29.8 | ||
| 60-69 | 40.6 | 45.2 | ||
| 70-79+ | 17.0 | 24.9 | ||
| region | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| Northeast | 21.3 | 20.7 | ||
| South | 36.7 | 32.3 | ||
| Midwest | 18.1 | 22.4 | ||
| West | 23.9 | 24.6 | ||
| ethnicity | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| Am. Indian | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||
| Asian | 1.0 | 1.7 | ||
| Black | 38.8 | 34.3 | ||
| Hispanic | 22.5 | 13.4 | ||
| White | 36.6 | 49.7 | ||
| Other | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
| HRT participant | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 49.2 | 55.7 | ||
| No | 50.8 | 44.3 | ||
| Dietary Modification participant | 0 | 0.33 | ||
| Yes | 34.6 | 35.5 | ||
| No | 65.4 | 64.5 | ||
| Ca/D participant | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 36.9 | 42.2 | ||
| No | 63.1 | 57.8 | ||
| Observational study participant | 0 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 31.1 | 24.6 | ||
| No | 68.9 | 75.4 | ||
| Diastolic BP | 6 | 0.31 | ||
| <90 mmHg | 90.8 | 91.3 | ||
| >=90 mmHg | 9.2 | 8.7 | ||
| Systolic BP | 0 | 0.0006 | ||
| <=120 mmHg | 35.6 | 32.2 | ||
| 120-140 mmHg | 41.8 | 42.8 | ||
| >140 mmHg | 22.6 | 25.0 | ||
| Lipid-lowering medication | 94 | 0.027 | ||
| Yes | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| No | 97.5 | 96.7 | ||
| Antidepressant medication | 94 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 4.9 | 1.4 | ||
| No | 95.1 | 98.6 | ||
| CHD | 0 | 0.60 | ||
| Yes | 7.3 | 7.0 | ||
| No | 92.7 | 93.0 | ||
| Stroke | 0 | 0.61 | ||
| Yes | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| No | 94.7 | 94.5 | ||
| Peripheral artery disease | 0 | 0.0055 | ||
| Yes | 1.8 | 1.2 | ||
| No | 98.2 | 98.8 | ||
| Diabetes ever | 19 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 12.4 | 8.9 | ||
| No | 87.6 | 91.1 | ||
| Cancer ever | 203 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 8.3 | 5.2 | ||
| No | 91.7 | 94.8 | ||
| Thyroid disease ever | 0 | 0.15 | ||
| Yes | 21.0 | 19.8 | ||
| No | 79.0 | 80.2 | ||
| Colitis ever | 0 | 0.032 | ||
| Yes | 1.4 | 1.0 | ||
| No | 98.6 | 99.0 | ||
| BMI | 178 | <0.001 | ||
| underweight <18.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||
| normal 18.5-24.9 | 19.6 | 24.5 | ||
| overweight 25.0-29.9 | 31.6 | 35.3 | ||
| obesity I 30.0-34.9 | 26.5 | 23.4 | ||
| obesity II 35.0-39.9 | 13.2 | 10.6 | ||
| obesity III 40.0+ | 8.5 | 5.7 | ||
| Alcohol servings per week | 76 | <0.001 | ||
| none | 56.8 | 51.2 | ||
| 7 or fewer | 36.9 | 39.9 | ||
| more than 7 | 6.3 | 8.9 | ||
| Leisure-time physical activity (MET hr/wk) | 1048 | <0.001 | ||
| less than 7.5 | 19.2 | 26.8 | ||
| 7.5 to 15 | 18.7 | 20.7 | ||
| 15 or more | 62.1 | 52.5 | ||
| Smoking | 315 | <0.001 | ||
| never smoked | 45.6 | 52.9 | ||
| past smoker | 38.8 | 38.8 | ||
| current smoker | 15.6 | 8.3 | ||
| Any Health Insurance | 352 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 85.0 | 93.8 | ||
| No | 15.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Income | 795 | <0.001 | ||
| <$20,000 | 38.0 | 22.4 | ||
| $20k to 49,999 | 39.0 | 46.2 | ||
| $50k or more | 18.3 | 28.8 | ||
| don’t know | 4.7 | 2.6 | ||
| Education | 184 | <0.001 | ||
| no h.s. diploma | 16.9 | 8.1 | ||
| h.s. diploma or some college | 60.0 | 57.2 | ||
| bachelor’s degree or higher | 23.1 | 34.7 | ||
| Marital Status | 145 | <0.001 | ||
| never married | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| divorced | 26.6 | 19.4 | ||
| widowed | 23.4 | 21.1 | ||
| married | 44.0 | 53.6 | ||
| marriage-like | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||