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Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Mar 26;41(6):1568–1575. doi: 10.1177/07334648221079110

Table 1:

Demographic characteristics for incident caregivers and non-caregiving controls

Variable	Incident Caregivers	Non-caregiving Controls	p value
N	221	247
Age at 2^nd REGARDS interview, M (SD)	69.24 (8.13)	68.69 (7.42)	0.443
Sex, female, N (%)	146 (66.06)	163 (65.99)	0.987
Race, Black, N (%)	80 (36.20)	88 (35.63)	0.898
Employed, N (%)	58 (26.24)	80 (32.39)	0.146
Body mass index, N (%)			0.136
Underweight	2 (0.90)	3 (1.21)	---
Normal	37 (16.74)	59 (23.89)	---
Overweight	84 (38.01)	98 (39.68)	---
Obese	98 (44.34)	87 (35.22)	---
CES-D (10-item)	3.99 (4.40)	3.77 (4.10)	0.575

CED-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale; M = mean; SD = standard deviation