. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2017 Apr 4;217:55–59. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.069

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by depression status.

Variable	Depressive symptoms (n=285)	No depressive symptoms (n=3316)	p-value
Age (years)	61.9 (9.3)	59.3 (9.3)	< 0.0001
Females (%)	63.2	55.3	0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	29.1 (5.5)	28.0 (4.5)	< 0.0001
White race (%)	All whites
PASE (points)	156.5 (81.1)	164.1 (80.0)	0.13
Smoking (%)	55.6	45.5	0.001
Degree (%)	24.6	34.3	0.001
Yearly income (< 50,000 $)	46.5	68.7	< 0.0001
Charlson co-morbidity score	0.5 (0.8)	0.3 (0.8)	< 0.0001

Notes:

Numbers are mean values (and standard deviations) or percentages, as appropriate.

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; PASE: physical activity scale for the elderly; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression.