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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2016 May 10;33(9):870–881. doi: 10.1002/da.22521

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics* (N = 106)

Baseline Characteristic 4-KKW Exercise Group (n=58) 16-KKW Exercise Group (n=48) t or χ2 df p Value
Age, mean (SD), y 48.9 (9.1) 46.4 (10.2) 1.3 95 .18
Sex , female, n (%) 47 (81.0%) 43 (89.6%) 1.5 1 .22
Race, n (%) 1.0 2 .62
 White 52 (89.7%) 40 (83.3%)
 Black 5 (8.6%) 7 (14.6%)
 Other 1 (1.7%) 1 (2.1%)
Body mass index, mean (SD) 31.4 (5.6) 29.5 (6.3) 1.6 93 .12
Family history of mental illness, n (%) 42 (72.4%) 31 (64.6%) 0.8 1 .39
Depression, mean (SD)
Age at onset, y 27.3 (12.1) 26.6 (10.6) 0.3 104 .75
Length of current episode, mo 91.2 (100) 74.4 (90.9) 0.9 103 .37
Weeks of adequate dose of SSRI 6.7 (4.1) 8.7 (8.6) −1.4 57 .17
SSRI, n (%)
 Citalopram (%) 3.4 4.2 0.0 1 .85
 Escitalopram (%) 70.7 77.1 0.6 1 .46
 Fluoxetine (%) 3.4 2.1 0.2 1 .67
 Paroxetine CR (%) 1.7 6.3 1.5 1 .22
 Paroxetine (%) 3.4 0.0 1.7 1 .19
 Sertraline (%) 15.5 10.4 0.6 1 .44
Depression symptom severity, mean (SD)
HRSD17 18.2 (3.8) 18.0 (4.0) 0.2 99 .83
IDS-C30 35.1 (7.6) 33.8 (7.5) 0.9 101 .39
Physical and social functioning, mean (SD)
SF-36 Physical Functioning 79.4 (20.9) 79.5 (19.5) −0.0 102 .98
SF-36 Role-Physical 74.8 (29.7) 74.6 (28.0) 0.0 93 .97
SF-36 Bodily Pain 67.0 (24.2) 72.2 (18.5) −1.2 103 .22
SF-36 General Health 60.8 (20.6) 59.2 (20.1) 0.4 101 .69
SF-36 Vitality 28.2 (19.7) 27.2 (17.3) 0.3 104 .78
SF-36 Social Functioning 49.4 (28.2) 57.6 (23.6) −1.6 104 .11
SF-36 Role-Emotional 47.3 (26.1) 50.3 (26.5) −0.6 100 .55
SF-36 Mental Health 49.1 (15.9) 50.7 (13.9) −0.5 104 .58
SAS-SR 2.4 (0.4) 2.5 (0.4) −0.3 104 .73
WSAS 20.8 (9.9) 18.7 (7.1) 1.3 102 .20
Life satisfaction, mean (SD)
Q-LES-Q Physical Health 52.4 (13.4) 55.2 (10.3) −1.2 99 .24
Q-LES-Q Subjective Feelings 64.0 (11.2) 62.9 (10.1) 0.5 102 .59
Q-LES-Q Work 68.2 (14.9) 66.3 (13.4) 0.6 86 .54
Q-LES-Q Household Duties 57.3 (19.7) 57.9 (14.9) −0.2 92 88
Q-LES-Q Leisure Time Activities 62.2 (16.4) 62.6 (15.8) −0.1 102 .90
Q-LES-Q Social Relationships 68.2 (13.0) 67.8 (12.0) 0.2 101 .86
Q-LES-Q General Activities 60.7 (10.9) 60.2 (10.2) 0.2 101 .82
SWLS 14.3 (6.7) 13.4 (6.0) 0.8 103 .45

Abbreviations: KKW = kcal/kg/wk; SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; HRSD17 = 17-Item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; IDS-C30 = 30-Item Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Clinician-Rated; SF-36 = Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; SAS-SR = Social Adjustment Scale, Self-Report; WSAS = Work and Social Adjustment Scale; Q-LES-Q = Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire; SWLS = Satisfaction with Life Scale