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. 2019 Dec 12;9:18929. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55342-0

Table 2.

Descriptive overview separately for men and women with recurrent depressive symptoms (PHQ9 ≥ 10) at follow-up (FU) five years later with inference statistics.

Men Women
All (N = 354) No depression (N = 196, 55.37%) Depression at FU (N = 158, 44.63%) p All (N = 523) No depression (N = 257, 49.14%) Depression at FU (N = 266, 50.86%) p
Sociodemographic
Age (years) 52.4 ± 9.4 52.6 ± 9.8 52.3 ± 9.0 0.790 52.2 ± 10.2 52.7 ± 10.3 51.8 ± 10.1 0.300
SES 13.26 ± 4.31 13.69 ± 4.40 12.71 ± 4.15 0.033 11.76 ± 3.98 11.88 ± 4.18 11.64 ± 3.80 0.500
Living with partner (%) 73.7 (261) 76.0 (149) 70.9 (112) 0.280 65.6 (343) 65.8 (169) 65.4 (174) 1.000
Behavioral
Smoking (%) 29.1 (103) 28.1 (55) 30.4 (48) 0.640 22.9 (120) 17.9 (46) 27.8 (74) 0.009
Active sports (%) 36.2 (128) 36.7 (72) 35.4 (56) 0.820 47.4 (248) 49.4 (127) 45.5 (121) 0.380
Alcohol above tolerance (%) 23.2 (82) 23.0 (45) 23.4 (37) 1.000 19.5 (102) 16.3 (42) 22.6 (60) 0.080
Somatic
CVD (%) 17.2 (61) 17.3 (34) 17.1 (27) 1.000 9.4 (49) 8.9 (23) 9.8 (26) 0.770
Cancer (%) 5.9 (21) 7.1 (14) 4.4 (7) 0.370 9.6 (50) 8.2 (21) 10.9 (29) 0.370
Diabetes (%) 11.9 (42) 11.7 (23) 12.0 (19) 1.000 7.9 (41) 9.3 (24) 6.4 (17) 0.260
Obesity (%) 33.3 (118) 32.1 (63) 34.8 (55) 0.650 29.0 (151) 25.7 (66) 32.2 (85) 0.120
Psychological
Type D personality (%) 62.9 (222) 56.4 (110) 70.9 (112) 0.006 55.2 (287) 47.7 (122) 62.5 (165) <0.001
Life events (last 12 months) 3.67 ± 3.27 3.68 ± 3.31 3.66 ± 3.22 0.940 3.66 ± 3.04 3.77 ± 3.00 3.55 ± 3.07 0.410
Loneliness (%) 34.1 (119) 25.9 (50) 44.2 (69) <0.001 38.4 (199) 34.3 (87) 42.4 (112) 0.058
Social support 17.78 ± 4.17 18.45 ± 4.17 16.94 ± 4.03 <0.001 17.71 ± 4.33 17.89 ± 4.38 17.53 ± 4.28 0.350
General Anxiety (%) 42.7 (151) 35.7 (70) 51.3 (81) 0.004 49.5 (257) 42.9 (109) 55.8 (148) 0.004
Social phobia (%) 30.2 (106) 23.2 (45) 38.9 (61) 0.002 35.5 (184) 30.3 (77) 40.4 (107) 0.017
Panic (%) 21.1 (71) 18.9 (35) 23.7 (36) 0.350 26.5 (132) 22.5 (55) 30.2 (77) 0.055
History depression (%) 39.1 (138) 30.6 (60) 49.7 (78) <0.001 52.8 (275) 44.7 (115) 60.6 (160) <0.001
History anxiety disorder (%) 19.8 (70) 18.4 (36) 21.7 (34) 0.500 29.0 (151) 25.3 (65) 32.6 (86) 0.082
Medication intake
Antidepressant (%) 17.0 (60) 13.3 (26) 21.5 (34) 0.047 25.4 (132) 20.2 (51) 30.5 (81) 0.009

Note: PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SES = socioeconomic status; CVD = cardiovascular disease. Significance tests: For mean ± standard deviation like 52.3 ± 9.9 the t-test was used. The Chi-square test was used for frequencies like 59.6 (523).