TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics in CMERC participants by operational definition of Resilience status at initial assessment (N = 500)
| Participants' characteristics |
Unexposed and well a (N = 168) |
Resilient b (N = 280) |
Reactive Depression c (N = 42) |
Vulnerable Depression d (N = 10) |
p‐value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Mean (SD) | 53.13 (7.3) | 50.66 (9.2) | 53.93 (6.9) | 54.70 (5.3) | .004 |
| Female, N (%) | 113 (67.3) | 195 (69.6) | 33 (78.6) | 8 (80.0) | .468 |
| Socioeconomic variables | |||||
| Education: Highschool or more, N (%) f | 61 (36.3) | 122 (43.6) | 12 (28.6) | 2 (20.0) | .096 |
| Highest quartile of yearly Household income, N (%) f | 34 (20.2) | 47 (16.8) | 5 (11.9) | 2 (20.0) | .591 |
| Currently married, living together, N (%) | 150 (89.3) | 242 (86.4) | 36 (85.7) | 7 (70.0) | .324 |
| Presence of major comorbidity, N (%) f | 85 (50.6) | 124 (44.3) | 23 (57.8) | 5 (50.0) | .437 |
| Hypertension, N (%) f | 41 (24.4) | 58 (20.7) | 10 (23.8) | 3 (30.0) | .747 |
| Diabetes, N (%) f | 19 (11.3) | 31 (11.1) | 6 (14.3) | 0 (0) | .644 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), Mean (SD) | 23.4 (2.8) | 23.9 (2.8) | 23.5 (3.1) | 25.4 (4.0) | .064 |
| Lifestyle factors, N (%) | |||||
| Current cigarette smoker f | 11 (6.6) | 30 (10.7) | 6 (14.3) | 3 (30.0) | .053 |
| Current alcohol consumer | 98 (58.3) | 171 (61.1) | 24 (57.1) | 8 (80.0) | .545 |
| Regular exercise e , f | 76 (45.2) | 146 (52.1) | 16 (38.1) | 3 (30.0) | .146 |
| Menopaused (women only) | 83 (73.5) | 120 (61.5) | 24 (72.7) | 6 (75.0) | .142 |
| Psychiatric assessments | |||||
| Beck Depression Inventory II (range:0–63) | 6.4 (4.5) | 9.1 (4.9) | 26.0 (4.7) | 22.9 (3.0) | <.001 |
| Mini Mental State Examination‐DS (range: 0–30) | 27.4 (1.6) | 27.3 (1.8) | 26.9 (2.3) | 25.8 (2.0) | .038 |
a
No negative event experience in 6 months and no current depressive symptoms (BDI < 20).
b
Experienced negative events in 6 months but no current depressive symptoms (BDI < 20).
c
Experienced negative events in 6 months with current depressive symptoms (BDI ≥ 20).
d
No negative event experience in 6 months and with current depressive symptoms (BDI ≥ 20).
e
Defined as having moderate‐vigorous physical activity more than 150 min in a week in average.
f
Fisher's exact Test.