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Table 1 Description of means scores for variables assessed in 2012

From: Mid-life predictors of late-life depressive symptoms; determining risk factors spanning two decades in the Women’s Heathy Ageing Project

2012 Variables

Overall Cohort 2012

Range

Sample Size

249

 

Age Mean (SD)

69.8(2.6)

64.9–77.3

Affectometer Score

 Negative Mood Score Mean (SD)

3.7 (0.34)

1.60–4

 Positive Mood Score Mean (SD)

1.3 (0.5)

0.9–3.1

 Wellbeing Score Mean (SD)

2.3 (0.8)

1.1–3.1

Hospital Anxiety Stress Scale

 Anxiety Subscale

4.9 (3.5)

0–17

 Depression Subscale

2.4 (2.2)

0–12

Education

 0–12 years

119 (58.6)

 

 12+ years

84 (41.4)

 

Marital Status

 Married/Defacto

154 (67.05)

 

 Single/Divorced

76 (33.0)

 

Physical Activity

 Rarely n (valid %)

59 (25.4)

 

 Sometimes n (valid %)

72 (31.1)

 

 Often n (valid %)

101 (43.5)

 

Daily Hassles Severity Mean (SD)

4.9 (8.5)

 

Bothersome Symptoms Frequency Mean (SD)

5.7 (4.2)

 

Work Status n (valid %)

 Not employed

166 (78.7)

 

 Employed

44 (20.9)

 

Self-Rated Health Status n (valid %)

  ‘Same as/worse than most’

104 (50.5)

 

  ‘Better than most’

91 (19.4)

 

Smoking Status

 Smoker

15 (7.1)

 

 Non-smoker

197 (92.9)

 

BMI Mean (SD)

28.1 (5.4)

18.3–54.2

  1. SD standard deviation