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Table 1 Participant summary characteristics

From: Association of reduced retinal arteriolar tortuosity with depression in older participants from the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Participant characteristics

All (n = 1376)

No Depression (n = 1263)

Depression (n = 113)

P-Value

Mean age (years, SD)

62.0 ± 8.4

62.2 ± 8.4

59.3 ± 8.1

< 0.01

Female, n (%)

717 (52.1)

650 (51.5)

67 (59.3)

0.11

Smoking status, yes n (%)

115 (8.4)

101 (8.0)

14 (12.4)

0.11

Alcohol consumption, non-drinker, n (%)

280 (20.3)

259 (20.5)

21 (18.6)

0.26

Education, secondary and above, n (%)

1228 (89.2)

1124 (89.0)

104 (92.0)

0.32

Diabetes, yes n (%)

317 (23.0)

284 (22.5)

33 (29.2)

0.10

Mean BMI (kg/m2, SD)

28.4 ± 4.8

28.3 ± 4.7

29.6 ± 5.4

< 0.01

Mean arterial blood pressure (mm Hg, SD)

98.2 ± 12.6

98.3 ± 12.6

96.8 ± 12.8

0.24

Cardiovascular disease, no n (%)

1292 (93.9)

1187 (94.0)

105 (92.9)

0.65

Mean triglyceride (mmol/L, SD)

1.6 ± 0.9

1.6 ± 0.9

1.6 ± 0.8

0.50

Mean HDL cholesterol (mmol/L, SD)

1.6 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.4

0.88

Mean LDL cholesterol (mmol/L, SD)

3.5 ± 1.1

3.4 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 1.1

0.56

Mean CES-D score (SD)

5.9 ± 6.4

4.4 ± 3.9

22.0 ± 6.2

< 0.01

  1. Values are n (%) for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables. P values were calculated by independent samples t and chi squared tests, P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SD standard deviation, CES-D The Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale