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Table 2 Comparisons between depressed and non-depressed presented for all, for 330 younger and 697 older patients with type 2 diabetes

From: Depression was associated with younger age, female sex, obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity, in 1027 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a Swedish multicentre cross-sectional study

 

Current depression (HADS-D ≥ 8) a

 

All patients (18–94 years)

Younger patients (18–59 years)

Older patients (60–94 years)

 

Yes

No

P b

Yes

No

P b

Yes

No

P b

n

121

906

 

60

270

 

61

636

 

Sex

Women

61 (50)

349 (38)

0.012

35 (58)

78 (29)

< 0.001

26 (43)

271 (43)

> 0.99

Men

60 (50)

557 (62)

 

25 (42)

192 (71)

 

35 (57)

365 (57)

 

Age

60 (50, 72)

66 (58, 72)

0.001 c

36 (31, 39)

53 (46, 57)

0.003 c

72 (66, 78)

70 (66, 75)

0.045 c

Depression (previous) c

61 (57)

130 (16)

< 0.001

36 (66)

47 (19)

< 0.001

25 (48)

83 (14)

< 0.001

Anxiety (HADS-A ≥ 8) d

All

78 (64)

117 (13)

< 0.001

46 (77)

56 (21)

< 0.001

32 (52)

61 (10)

< 0.001

Women

46 (75)

54 (16)

< 0.001

30 (86)

18 (23)

< 0.001

16 (62)

36 (13)

< 0.001

Men

32 (53)

63 (11)

< 0.001

16 (64)

38 (20)

< 0.001

16 (46)

25 (7)

< 0.001

Antidepressants e

All

31 (37)

61 (12)

< 0.001

22 (49)

21 (14)

< 0.001

9 (24)

40 (12)

0.043 f

Women

23 (49)

39 (19)

< 0.001

17 (59)

12 (24)

0.002

6 (33)

27 (18)

0.12 f

Men

8 (22)

22 (8)

0.010 f

5 (31)

9 (9)

0.028 f

3 (15)

13 (7)

0.18 f

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) g

All

77 (66)

461 (53)

0.008

46 (82)

157 (61)

0.003

31 (52)

304 (50)

0.80

Women

45 (75)

189 (57)

0.009

29 (85)

52 (68)

0.05

16 (62)

137 (54)

0.46

Men

32 (57)

272 (51)

0.37

17 (77)

105 (58)

0.08

15 (44)

167 (47)

0.73

Obesity (severe) (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) g

All

15 (13)

52 (6)

0.005

12 (21)

26 (10)

0.018

3 (5)

26 (4)

0.74 f

Women

12 (20)

27 (8)

0.005

10 (29)

10 (13)

0.038

2 (8)

17 (7)

0.85 f

Men

3 (5)

25 (5)

0.74 f

2 (9)

16 (9)e

> 0.99 f

1 (3)

9 (3)

0.60 f

HbA1c > 64 mmol/mol (> 8%) h

28 (24)

225 (25)

0.72

18 (31)

104 (39)

0.28

10 (16)

121 (19)

0.59

Smoking i

All

23 (20)

104 (12)

0.012

15 (29)

46 (17)

0.10

8 (14)

58 (9)

0.29 f

Women

15 (25)

43 (13)

0.010

10 (30)

18 (24)

0.48 f

5 (19)

25 (19)

0.16 f

Men

8 (14)

61 (11)

0.51 f

5 (22)

28 (15)

0.37 f

3 (9)

33 (9)

> 0.99 f

Physical inactivity j

All

46 (43)

248 (29)

0.004

28 (52)

87 (34)

0.014

18 (33)

161 (27)

0.32

Women

24 (45)

90 (27)

0.007

14 (45)

22 (29)

0.10

10 (46)

68 (27)

0.08 f

Men

22 (40)

158 (30)

0.15

14 (61)

65 (36)

0.023

8 (25)

93 (27)

> 0.99 f

Myocardial infarction k

13 (12)

82 (10)

0.52

3 (6)

10 (4)

0.71 f

10 (18)

72 (12)

0.21 f

Stroke l

8 (7)

54 (6)

0.69 f

3 (6)

5 (2)

0.16 f

5 (9)

49 (8)

0.80 f

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or median (q1, q3)
  2. a Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression subscale. b Pearson Chi-Square unless indicated. c Mann–Whitney U test. Missing values (all/ < 60 years/ ≥ 60 years) (n): 95/28/67. d Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale
  3. Missing values (all/ < 60 years/ ≥ 60 years) (n): years): 453/138/315. f Fisher´s Exact Test. Body Mass Index. Missing values (all/ < 60 years/ ≥ 60 years) (n): g 45/16/29. h Hemoglobin A1c. Missing values (all/ < 60 years/ ≥ 60 years) (n): h10/2/8; i 23/9/14; j 68/20/48; k 86/28/58; l 82/25/57