Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the sample by diabetes status by wave

	2001			2003			2012			2015
	No diabetes, 84% (10 037)	Diabetes, 16% (1977)	P value	No diabetes, 81% (9092)	Diabetes, 19% (2228)	P value	No diabetes, 76% (9780)	Diabetes, 24% (3052)	P value	No diabetes, 75% (8603)	Diabetes, 25% (2817)	P value
Depressive symptoms (CESD-9>5)	34	47	0.00	34	41	0.03	30	38	0.00	31	37	0.01
Age
50–59	51	56	0.14	39	43	0.03	51	44	0.00	39	29	<0.00
60–69	36	37		43	46		26	32		29	37
70+	12	7		18	11		22	24		33	35
Gender
Male	45	38	0.06	46	38	0.01	49	40	0.00	48	40	<0.00
Female	55	62		54	62		51	60		52	60
Marital status
Partnership	71	78	0.05	70	73	0.47	70	72	0.26	64	67	0.21
Not in partnership	29	22		30	27		30	28		36	33
Obesity status
Normal weight	37	25	<0.00	35	27	0.01	33	27	0.00	34	26	0.00
Overweight	41	40		44	43		44	43		44	45
Obese	22	35		21	31		23	30		22	29
Net worth in quintiles
Highest	20	23	0.02	18	18	0.32	20	20	0.13	19	15	0.07
Medium high	20	22		19	23		21	17		21	25
Medium	21	27		21	22		19	23		20	20
Medium low	21	16		21	21		20	21		19	21
Lowest	19	12		21	16		21	18		21	19
Education
None	29	31	0.63	30	30	0.45	18	20	0.01	19	18	0.02
1–5 years	38	38		38	37		30	33		29	33
6 years	16	18		16	19		21	22		20	23
7 or more	17	16		16	13		32	25		32	27
Working status
Working	50	45	0.21	50	41	0.01	48	32	<0.00	45	29	<0.00
Not working	50	55		50	59		52	68		55	71
Number of chronic conditions
None	53	34	<0.00	43	23	<0.00	51	27	<0.00	50	25	<0.00
1	34	44		36	45		34	42		34	49
2	10	14		17	21		12	21		12	20
3 or more	2			4	11		3	9		3	5
Self-rated health
Excellent and very good	6		<0.00	5	1	<0.00	8	4	<0.00	7	2	<0.00
Good	34	12		31	13		34	14		29	17
Fair	49	60		50	60		50	58		54	59
Poor	11	27		14	26		9	23		11	22

Calculations using the Mexican Health and Aging Study harmonized data sets from the Gateway to Global Aging Data and www.mhasweb.org.

CESD-9, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression-9.