Table 1.
Summary of the demographic characteristics of those with and without significant depressive symptoms
| Demographic characteristics | GDS-15 score < 6 | GDS-15 score ≥ 6 |
Total | Univariable logistic regression analysis | |||
| Total sample, n (%) | 569 (57.5) | 421 (42.5) | 990 | N | OR | 95% CI | P value |
| Gender, n (%) | 990 | 0.78 | 0.60 to 1.01 | 0.064 | |||
| Male* | 201 (53.7) | 173 (46.3) | 374 | ||||
| Female | 368 (59.7) | 248 (40.3) | 616 | ||||
| Data missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 80.0 (72.0, 86.0) | 77.0 (57.0, 85.0) | 79.0 (66.0, 85.0) | 948 | 0.82 | 0.74 to 0.90 | <0.001 |
| Data missing, n (%) | 22 (52.4) | 20 (47.6) | 42 | ||||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | Not entered into regression analysis† | ||||||
| White | 508 (60.3) | 334 (39.7) | 842 | ||||
| Asian/Asian British | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | 23 | ||||
| Black/black British | 40 (38.5) | 64 (61.5) | 104 | ||||
| Other ethnic group | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | 20 | ||||
| Data missing | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 | ||||
| Ethnicity (collapsed), n (%) | 989 | 2.14 | 1.50 to 3.06 | <0.001 | |||
| White* | 508 (60.3) | 334 (39.7) | 842 | ||||
| Non-white | 61 (41.5) | 86 (58.5) | 147 | ||||
| Data missing | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 | ||||
*Reference category.
†Collapsed categories entered instead.
GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale.