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Table 1 Characteristics of participants stratified by depression status

From: Severity of depression, anxious distress and the risk of type 2 diabetes – a population-based cohort study in Sweden

Variables

Categories

All

Depressed

Not depressed

p-values

N (9936)

N (1425)

N (8511)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age at baseline

Mean (SD)

41.1 (12.4)

39.1 (11.9)

41.4 (12.5)

<.0001

Age at baseline

< 50 years

6880 (69.2)

1070 (75.1)

5810 (68.3)

<.0001

≥50 years

3056 (30.8)

355 (24.9)

2701 (31.7)

 

T2DM at follow upa

No

9573 (96.4)

1364 (95.7)

8209 (96.5)

0.1726

Yes

363 (3.7)

61 (4.3)

302 (3.6)

 

Age at T2DM onsetb

Mean (SD)

61.1 (9.8)

57.3 (9.6)

61.8 (9.6)

<.0001

Age at T2DM onsetb

< 50 years

46 (12.7)

13 (21.3)

33 (10.9)

<.0001

≥50 years

317 (87.3)

48 (78.7)

269 (89.1)

 

Sex

Men

4395 (44.2)

434 (30.5)

3961 (46.5)

<.0001

Women

5541 (55.8)

991 (69.5)

4550 (53.5)

 

Socioeconomic position

Unskilled and semi-skilled workers

1148 (11.55)

227 (15.93)

921 (10.82)

<.0001

Skilled workers

644 (6.48)

92 (6.46)

552 (6.49)

 

Assistant non-manual workers

1398 (14.07)

211 (14.81)

1187 (13.95)

 

Students

537 (5.40)

88 (6.18)

449 (5.28)

 

Retired

368 (3.70)

108 (7.58)

260 (3.05)

 

Self-employed (other than professional)

691 (6.95)

74 (5.19)

617 (7.25)

 

High and intermediate level salaried employee

4567 (45.96)

477 (33.47)

4090 (48.06)

 

Missing

583 (5.87)

148 (10.39)

435 (5.11)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

Mean (SD)

24.2 (3.7)

24.1 (4.1)

24.3 (3.7)

0.1552

BMI

Normal (18.50–24.99)

6172 (62.1)

875 (61.4)

5297 (62.2)

0.0008

Underweight (< 18.50)

202 (2.0)

44 (3.1)

158 (1.9)

 

Overweight (25.00–29.99)

2799 (28.2)

371 (26.0)

2428 (28.5)

 

Obese (≥30.00)

644 (6.5)

114 (8.0)

530 (6.2)

 

Missing

119 (1.2)

21 (1.5)

98 (1.2)

 

Physical activityc

Yes

4416 (44.4)

533 (37.4)

3883 (45.6)

<.0001

No

3780 (38.0)

661 (46.4)

3119 (36.7)

 

Missing

1740 (17.5)

231 (16.2)

1509 (17.7)

 

Smoking

Regular smoker

1230 (12.4)

287 (20.1)

943 (11.1)

<.0001

Occasional smoker

870 (8.8)

145 (10.2)

725 (8.5)

 

Ex-smoker

2380 (24.0)

310 (21.8)

2070 (24.3)

 

Never smoker

3686 (37.1)

452 (31.7)

3234 (38.0)

 

Missing

1770 (17.8)

231 (16.2)

1539 (18.1)

 

Hazardous alcohol used

Yes

2530 (25.5)

527 (37.0)

2003 (23.5)

<.0001

No

7360 (74.1)

888 (62.3)

6472 (76.0)

 

Missing

46 (0.5)

10 (0.7)

36 (0.4)

 

Severity of depression

No

 

8511 (85.7)

  

Mild

 

522 (5.3)

  

Moderate

 

345 (3.5)

  

Severe

 

558 (5.6)

  

Anxious distress symptoms

No

7855 (79.1)

384 (27.0)

7471 (87.8)

<.0001

Mild

1392 (14.0)

499 (35.0)

893 (10.5)

 

Moderate/severe

684 (6.9)

542 (38.0)

142 (1.7)

 

Missing

5 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

5 (0.1)

 
  1. Values expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD) for continues variables or number and percentage (%) of subjects in groups
  2. BMI body mass index, T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  3. aFirst record of T2DM using ICD-10 code (E11) in the National Patient Register more than one year after responding to the questionnaire, or anti diabetic drugs dispensation (ATC code A10) in the Swedish Prescribed Drug Registers from 1 January 2006, or T2DM recorded in the Cause of Death Register using ICD-10 code (E11)
  4. bOnly persons with T2DM
  5. cDefined as exercise regularly 2–3 times a week
  6. dAssessed using AUDIT (The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) using cut-off points ≥ 8 for men and ≥ 6 for women (15, 16)