Depression Following Thrombotic Cardiovascular Events in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries: Risk of Morbidity and Mortality

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

	#	%
Total elders	7,051	100.0
Age
65–70	1,170	16.6
70–74	1,401	19.9
75–79	1,575	22.3
80+	2,905	41.2
Race
Caucasian	6,176	87.6
African American	601	8.5
other	255	3.6
Sex
male	3,883	55.1
female	3,168	44.9
Income^2
</= 100% FPL	2,969	42.1
>100% FPL	4,082	57.9
History of smoking	3,639	51.6
Current smoker	731	10.4
Body Mass Index (BMI)
<25	3,175	45.0
25–30	2,554	36.2
>30	1,213	17.2
Entitlement
disabled	94	1.3
age	6,957	98.7
Household
alone	2,417	34.3
not alone	4,634	65.7
Cohort
1997	1,623	23.0
1998	1,349	19.1
1999	1,368	19.4
2000	1,306	18.5
2001	1,406	19.9
History of acute myocardial infarction	2,174	30.8

*The sample includes community dwelling non-HMO elders who experienced a thrombotic cardiovascular event (ICD-9: 410, 411, 413, 414, 415, 433–438, 452, or 453) and had at least two years of data in the 1997 to 2002 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
^†Income adjusted to 2001 dollars and inflated by 20% for underreporting.