Depressive Symptoms and 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans: The SABPA Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study sample ().
Variable
No depressive symptoms
Mild- moderate depressive symptoms
Severe depressive symptoms
Black ()
Caucasian ()
Black ()
Caucasian ()
Black ()
Caucasian ()
Age (yrs)
Sex (% men)
66.7
58.4
58.8
45.7
34.3*
33.3*
Body mass index (kg·m2)
*
Total/HDL cholesterol ratio
C-reactive protein (mg/L)†
3.95 (54.3)
1.10 (14.1)
5.05 (53.6)
1.90 (26.3)
5.33 (32.5)
2.90 (25.7)*
Glucose (mmol/L)
Antihypertensive medication usage (%)
21.5
8.9
22.5
8.4
14.3
8.3
*
for trend across depressive symptom groups compared within own ethnicity; values displayed as mean ± SD unless stated (†non-normally distributed values displayed as median and range).