Table 1.
Anxiousness in a German community sample: Sociodemographic features, new onset of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular risk factors and distress.
| Anxiousness | Never | Previous | New onset | Chronic | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62.1% (n = 6,831) | 15.8% (n = 1741) | 10.1% (n = 1,108) | 12% (n = 1,324) | ||
| Sociodemographics | |||||
|
Age (years) (M, SD) |
60.2 ± 10.9 | 58.6 ± 10.6 | 58.3 ± 10.7 | 57.6 ± 10.1 | < 0.0001 |
| Men (%; n) | 57.4 (3,922) | 44.5 (774) | 44.6 (494) | 37.6 (498) | < 0.0001 |
| Socioeconomic status (M, SD) | 13.30 ± 4.41 | 12.90 ± 4.40 | 13.31 ± 4.28 | 12.49 ± 4.26 | < 0.0001 |
| Cardiovascular disease and risk factors (%; n) | |||||
| New onset CVD | 4.5 (273) | 4.3 (66) | 5.3 (53) | 6.4 (76) | 0.0059 |
| Diabetes | 10.7 (730) | 10.3 (178) | 9.0 (99) | 8.3 (109) | 0.0027 |
| Obesity | 25.8 (1759) | 24.6 (428) | 25.9 (287) | 26.4 (349) | 0.76 |
| Smoking | 13.5 (921) | 15.5 (270) | 17.2 (190) | 18.1 (239) | < 0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 55.7 (3,792) | 51.1 (888) | 49.7 (550) | 50.7 (671) | < 0.0001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 34.3 (2,335) | 33.9 (588) | 32.5 (559) | 36.3 (487) | 0.71 |
| FH of MI/Stroke | 21.8 (1,488) | 25.8 (449) | 24.8 (428) | 26.7 (360) | < 0.0001 |
| Distress (%; n) | |||||
| Social Phobia | 1.3 (90) | 3.4 (59) | 6.7 (74) | 19.4 (254) | < 0.0001 |
| Panic attack (past 4 weeks) | 1.0 (70) | 4.5 (78) | 7.3 (80) | 20.7 (271) | < 0.0001 |
| Sleep disturbance | 5.4 (362) | 9.9 (168) | 14.0 (153) | 24.7 (322) | < 0.0001 |
N = 11,004.
FH of MI/Stroke, Family History of Myocardial infarction/Stroke; CVD, Cardiovascular disease sex 1 = male, 0 = female; cardiovascular risk and distress: 0 = does not apply, 1 = applies; *chi2 or Kruskal Wallis test; M, means; SD, standard deviations.