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. 2018 Apr 14;7(8):e007814. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007814

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants at Baseline

Characteristic No Anxiety or Depression (n=21 447) Diagnosed Anxiety Only (n=897) Diagnosed Depression Only (n=2322) Diagnosed Anxiety and Depression (n=904) P Value
Age, mean (SD), y 72.3 (11.2) 72.2 (11.5) 72.3 (10.8) 71.3 (11.5) 0.051
Female sex, n (%) 8711 (40.6) 554 (61.8) 1296 (55.8) 561 (62.1) <0.001
Race, n (%) 0.005
White 16 946 (79.0) 727 (81.1) 1930 (83.1) 754 (83.4)
Black 988 (4.6) 23 (2.6) 90 (3.9) 28 (3.1)
Asian/Pacific Islander 1556 (7.2) 62 (6.9) 86 (3.7) 31 (3.4)
Other 441 (2.1) 30 (5.2) 70 (3.0) 35 (3.9)
Unknown 1516 (7.1) 55 (6.1) 146 (6.3) 56 (6.2)
Medical history, n (%)
Acute myocardial infarction 1141 (5.3) 47 (5.2) 163 (7.0) 68 (7.5) 0.008
Unstable angina 771 (3.6) 42 (4.7) 104 (4.5) 49 (5.4) 0.008
Coronary artery bypass surgery 766 (3.6) 20 (2.2) 89 (3.8) 28 (3.1) 0.47
Percutaneous coronary intervention 808 (3.8) 29 (3.2) 100 (4.3) 46 (5.1) 0.048
Ischemic stroke 1247 (5.8) 50 (5.6) 171 (7.4) 65 (7.2) 0.12
Transient ischemic attack 798 (3.7) 37 (4.1) 114 (4.9) 44 (4.9) 0.12
Other arterial thromboembolic event 188 (0.9) 7 (0.8) 30 (1.3) 10 (1.1) 0.55
Intracranial hemorrhage 123 (0.6) 4 (0.5) 24 (1.0) 7 (0.8) 0.54
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage 467 (2.2) 28 (3.1) 77 (3.3) 30 (3.3) 0.052
Other hospitalized bleed 138 (0.6) 8 (0.9) 17 (0.7) 9 (1.0) 0.23
Systemic cancer 3209 (15.0) 136 (15.2) 397 (17.1) 132 (14.6) 0.64
Chronic heart failure 4896 (22.8) 187 (20.9) 632 (27.2) 227 (25.1) 0.17
Diabetes mellitus 5408 (25.2) 195 (21.7) 741 (31.9) 230 (25.4) 0.85
Diagnosed hypertension 8050 (37.5) 302 (33.7) 757 (32.6) 282 (31.2) <0.001
Diagnosed dementia 651 (3.0) 42 (4.7) 234 (10.1) 97 (10.7) <0.001
Chronic lung disease 3877 (18.1) 187 (20.9) 533 (23.0) 198 (21.9) 0.014
Chronic liver disease 428 (2.0) 24 (2.7) 76 (3.3) 32 (3.5) 0.005
Dyslipidemia 7977 (37.2) 324 (36.1) 876 (37.7) 332 (36.7) 0.77
Mechanical fall 349 (1.6) 16 (1.8) 86 (3.7) 37 (4.1) <0.001
Baseline eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2), n (%) <0.001
≥60 13 104 (61.1) 594 (66.2) 1419 (61.1) 602 (66.6)
30–59 6766 (31.5) 260 (29.0) 720 (31.0) 259 (28.7)
<30 or dialysis 881 (4.1) 25 (2.8) 132 (5.7) 31 (3.4)
eGFR missing 696 (3.3) 18 (2.0) 51 (2.2) 12 (1.3)
Medication history, n (%)
Antidepressant medication 2321 (10.8) 245 (27.3) 1442 (62.1) 606 (67.0) <0.001
Antianxiety medication 1550 (7.2) 348 (38.8) 361 (15.6) 388 (42.9) <0.001

eGFR indicates estimated glomerular filtration rate.