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. 2018 Nov 27;34(2):289–298. doi: 10.1002/gps.5019

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants across the depressive symptom and cardiometabolic abnormalities groups

noDnoCM DnoCM noDCM DCM P value*
N (Total: 4859) 2301 309 1907 342
Age (M ± SD) 64.87 ± 9.36 66.50 ± 11.13 66.76 ± 9.15 67.39 ± 9.37 P < 0.001
Gender (N, %)
Male 1065 (46.3) 85 (27.5) 906 (47.5) 124 (36.3) P < 0.001
Female 1236 (53.7) 224 (72.5) 1001 (52.5) 218 (63.7)
Education (N, %)
Higher education 723 (31.4) 71 (23.0) 456 (23.9) 52 (15.3) P < 0.001
High school or college 935 (40.6) 117 (37.9) 732 (38.4) 111 (32.6)
No qualification 643 (27.9) 121 (39.2) 719 (37.7) 177 (52.1)
Net wealth (N, %)
5 (highest) 650 (28.7) 57 (18.7) 328 (17.4) 27 (7.9) P < 0.001
4 547 (24.2) 43 (14.1) 412 (21.9) 58 (17.0)
3 454 (20.1) 67 (22.0) 418 (22.2) 68 (19.9)
2 370 (16.3) 68 (22.3) 382 (20.3) 82 (24.0)
1 (lowest) 243 (10.7) 70 (23.0) 342 (18.2) 107 (31.3)
Marital status (N, %)
Single 1626 (70.7) 144 (46.6) 1322 (69.3) 173 (50.6) P < 0.001
Married 187 (8.1) 37 (12.0) 131 (6.9) 22 (6.4)
Separate 453 (19.7) 120 (38.8) 432 (22.7) 136 (39.8)
Widowed 35 (1.5) 8 (2.6) 22 (1.2) 11 (3.2)
Physical activity (N, %)
Sedentary/low 392 (17.0) 126 (40.8) 578 (30.3) 165 (48.4) P < 0.001
Moderate 1280 (55.7) 139 (45.0) 1002 (52.6) 150 (44.0)
High 628 (27.3) 44 (14.2) 326 (17.1) 26 (7.6)
Smoking status (N, %)
Never smoked 961 (41.8) 103 (33.4) 696 (36.5) 101 (29.5) P < 0.001
Former smoker 1104 (48.0) 160 (51.9) 982 (51.5) 179 (52.3)
Current smoker 234 (10.2) 45 (14.6) 229 (12.0) 62 (18.1)
Cardiovascular comorbidity (N, %)
Yes 447 (19.4) 88 (28.5) 431 (22.6) 113 (33.0) P < 0.001
Cognitive function (M ± SD) 30.28 ± 6.10 28.21 ± 6.80 29.04 ± 6.01 26.67 ± 6.47 P < 0.001

Note. noDnoCM: no or low depressive symptoms and no cardiometabolic abnormalities group; DnoCM: high depressive symptoms only group; noDCM: cardiometabolic abnormalities only group; DCM: comorbid high depressive symptoms and cardiometabolic abnormalities group.

*

Chi‐square for categorical variables, one‐way ANOVA for continuous variable (Age and cognitive function), and P values estimate the main effect among all four groups.