Table 1. Descriptives, individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics by gender and unadjusted associations of individual and neighborhood characteristics with 1-year depressive symptoms among 252 Hispanic participants with acute coronary syndrome.
| Individual-and-neighborhood level characteristics | Total sample mean (SD) unless otherwise noted | Male mean (SD) or N (%) | Female mean (SD) or N (%) | Bivariate correlation with 1-year BDI score | Bivariate correlation with Δ BDI score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic factors | |||||
| Age | 61.4 (11.0) | 60.7 (11.4) | 62.6 (10.4) | −0.14* | −0.14* |
| English fluency | 1.9 (1.5) | 2.0 (1.5) | 1.9 (1.6) | 0.04 | −0.01 |
| Education (years) | 10.4 (4.4) | 10.8 (4.6) | 9.8 (3.9)* | −0.22 | 0.03 |
| Foreign-born | 261 (80.1) | 162 (62.1) | 99 (37.9) | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Male sex, N (%) | 199 (61 %) | – | – | 0.20** | 0.20** |
| Cardiovascular factors | |||||
| Charlson comorbidity index | 1.7 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.5) | 2.1 (1.9)** | 0.19** | −0.12 |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction | 50.3 (12.6) | 49.1 (12.4) | 52.2 (12.6)* | 0.03 | 0.15* |
| GRACE prognostic risk score | 89.6 (30.0) | 88.7 (29.2) | 91.1 (31.4) | −0.12 | −0.24** |
| Baseline BDI score | 9.2 (8.2) | 6.7 (5.9) | 12.8 (10.0)** | 0.63** | −0.45** |
| 1-year BDI score | 7.1 (8.2) | 5.5 (6.2) | 9.5 (10.0)** | – | 0.41** |
| Neighborhood SES factors | |||||
| Median income ($) | 41,556 (24,483) | 41,251 (21,411) | 42,029 (28,686) | −0.09 | −0.03 |
| Households receiving public assistance (%) | 6.3 (4.5) | 6.4 (4.5) | 6.1 (4.4) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Hispanic density (%) | 56.1 (26.6) | 55.7 (26.5) | 56.7 (26.6) | 0.08 | −0.02 |
| Residential density (N) | 2308.2 (955.7) | 2318.4 (942.6) | 2292.5 (979.3) | −0.06 | −0.004 |
GRACE global registry of acute coronary events, BDI beck depression inventory
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01