Table 1.

Demographics of Irish participants aged 50 and above on baseline.

Parameters		No depression	Probable depression	p	Effect size (95% CI)
		(n = 6,099)	(n = 616)
Age (years)		62.00 (56.00–70.00)	59.00 (54.00–67.00)	<0.001	r = −0.056 (−0.080–0.039)
Gender	Male	2,882 (47.25)	205 (33.28)	<0.001	V = 0.080 (0.051–0.105)
	Female	3,217 (52.75)	411 (66.72)
Arthritis	With	1,599 (26.22)	241 (39.12)	<0.001	V = 0.083 (0.057–0.109)
	Without	4,500 (73.78)	375 (60.88)
Osteoporosis	With	578 (9.48)	89 (14.45)	<0.001	V = 0.046 (0.014–0.073)
	Without	5,521 (90.52)	527 (85.55)
Fracture	With	801 (13.13)	105 (17.05)	0.007	V = 0.031 (0.004–0.057)
	Without	5,298 (86.87)	511 (82.95)
Joint replacements	With	401 (6.57)	44 (7.14)	0.589	V = 0.000 (−0.026–0.014)
	Without	5,698 (93.43)	572 (92.86)
MCP	With	2,001 (32.81)	376 (61.04)	<0.001	V = 0.170 (0.146–0.195)
	Without	4,098 (67.19)	240 (38.96)

Unless otherwise specified, all skewed continuous variables were described by “median (interquartile range)” and all categorical variables were described by “frequency [constituent ratio (%)].” CI, Confidence interval; r, Cohen's r; V, Cramer's V.