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Table 1 The characteristics of HUNT2, HUNT3 and HUNT4 participants according to CVDs status stratified by sex

From: Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995–2019: The HUNT studies, Norway

Total n (%)

HUNT2 (1995–98)

n = 61,284

HUNT3 (2006–08)

n = 40,508

HUNT4 (2017–19)

n = 40,443

CVDs

n = 4484 (7.3)

No-CVDs

n = 56,800 (92.7)

CVDs

n = 3472 (8.6)

No-CVDs

n = 37,036 (91.4)

CVDs

n = 3531 (8.7)

No-CVDs

n = 36,912 (92.3)

Women

n = 1746 (38.9)

Men

n = 2738 (61.1)

Women

n = 30,552 (53.8)

Men

n = 26,248 (46.2)

Women

n = 1324 (38.1)

Men

n = 2148 (61.9)

Women

n = 21,359 (57.7)

Men

n = 15,677 (42.3)

Women

n = 1354 (38.4)

Men

n = 2177 (61.6)

Women

n = 21,690 (58.8)

Men

n = 15,222 (41.2)

Variables

            

 Depressiona

            

  No

1344 (77.0)

2181 (79.7)

27,538 (90.1)

23,560 (89.8)

1092 (82.5)

1805 (84.0)

19,583 (91.7)

14,122 (90.1)

1187 (87.7)

1854 (85.2)

19,806 (91.3)

13,773 (90.5)

  Yes

402 (23.0)

557 (20.3)

3014 (9.9)

2688 (10.2)

232 (17.5)

343 (16.0)

1776 (8.3)

1555 (9.9)

167 (12.3)

323 (14.8)

1884 (8.7)

1449 (9.5)

 Anxietyb

            

  No

1231 (70.5)

2228 (81.4)

23,196 (75.9)

21,701 (82.7)

1044 (78.8)

1914 (89.1)

17,695 (82.8)

14,068 (89.7)

1077 (79.5)

1929 (88.6)

17,120 (78.9)

13,190 (86.7)

  Yes

515 (29.5)

510 (18.6)

7356 (24.1)

4547 (17.3)

280 (21.2)

234 (10.9)

3664 (17.2)

1609 (10.3)

277 (20.5)

248 (11.4)

4570 (21.1)

2032 (13.3)

 Age (years)

            

  Mean (Sd)c

71.6 (10.8)

68.0 (15.6)

47.6 (16.3)

47.1 (10.7)

70.4 (11.9)

68.8 (10.8)

52.5 (15.6)

53.5 (14.6)

70.5 (14.0)

70.8 (10.7)

53.6 (16.8)

55.2 (16.1)

  <55

137 (7.9)

353 (12.9)

21,014 (68.8)

18,454 (70.3)

137 (10.4)

222 (10.3)

11,686 (54.7)

8096 (51.7)

174 (12.9)

167 (7.7)

11,018 (50.8)

7036 (46.2)

  55–64

257 (14.7)

566 (20.7)

4162 (13.6)

3649 (13.9)

257 (19.4)

525 (24.4)

4903 (23.0)

4097 (26.1)

197 (14.5)

355 (16.3)

4574 (21.1)

3442 (22.6)

  ≥65

1352 (77.4)

1819 (66.4)

5376 (17.6)

4145 (15.8)

930 (70.2)

1401 (65.3)

4770 (22.3)

3484 (22.2)

983 (72.6)

1655 (76.0)

6098 (28.1)

4744 (31.2)

 Cohabitation

            

  Living with someone

780 (44.7)

1889 (69.0)

21,610 (70.7)

17,237 (65.7)

778 (58.8)

1766 (82.2)

17,147 (80.3)

13,064 (83.3)

785 (58.0)

1737 (79.8)

16,810 (77.5)

12,466 (81.9)

  Living alone

966 (55.3)

849 (31.0)

8942 (29.3)

9011 (34.3)

546 (41.2)

382 (17.8)

4212 (19.7)

2613 (16.7)

569 (42.0)

440 (20.2)

4880 (22.5)

2756 (18.1)

 Current smocking

            

  No

1361 (78.0)

2034 (74.3)

20,755 (67.9)

18,380 (70.1)

999 (75.5)

1650 (76.8)

15,673 (73.4)

11,947 (76.2)

1182 (87.3)

1978 (90.8)

19,408 (89.5)

13,985 (91.9)

  Yes

314 (18.0)

661 (24.1)

9226 (30.2)

7544 (28.7)

257 (19.4)

436 (20.3)

5135 (24.0)

3363 (21.5)

161 (11.9)

189 (8.7)

2216 (10.2)

1203 (7.9)

  Missing

71 (4.0)

43 (1.6)

571 (1.9)

324 (1.2)

68 (5.1)

62 (2.9)

551 (2.6)

367 (2.3)

11 (0.8)

10 (0.5)

66 (0.3)

34 (0.2)

 Physical activity

            

  Inactived

252 (14.4)

212 (7.8)

1511 (5.0)

1493 (5.7)

135 (10.2)

189 (8.8)

730 (3.4)

871 (5.6)

130 (9.6)

139 (6.4)

631 (2.9)

628 (4.1)

  Activee

948 (54.3)

2057 (75.1)

25,941 (84.9)

22,924 (87.3)

1130 (85.3)

1911 (89.0)

20,293 (95.0)

14,602 (93.1)

1177 (86.9)

1986 (91.2)

20,761 (95.7)

14,414 (94.7)

  Missing

546 (31.3)

469 (17.1)

3100 (10.1)

1831 (7.0)

59 (4.5)

48 (2.2)

336 (1.6)

204 (1.3)

47 (3.5)

52 (2.4)

298 (1.4)

180 (1.2)

 Alcohol consumption

            

  No or lowf

1522 (87.2)

2127 (77.7)

25,814 (84.5)

20,008 (76.2)

977 (73.8)

1286 (59.9)

14,202 (66.5)

8329 (53.2)

1159 (85.6)

1641 (75.4)

17,946 (82.7)

11,014 (72.4)

  Moderate to frequentg

44 (2.5)

311 (11.4)

2275 (7.4)

4615 (17.6)

257 (19.4)

802 (37.3)

6570 (30.8)

7092 (45.2)

157 (11.6)

499 (22.9)

3516 (16.2)

4074 (26.7)

  Missing

180 (10.3)

300 (10.9)

2463 (8.1)

1625 (6.2)

90 (6.8)

60 (2.8)

587 (2.7)

256 (1.6)

38 (2.8)

37 (1.7)

228 (1.1)

134 (0.9)

 BMIh (kg/m2)

            

  Underweight to normal

471 (27.0)

740 (27.0)

13,942 (45.7)

9405 (35.8)

333 (25.2)

447 (20.8)

8317 (38.9)

3915 (25.0)

396 (29.3)

446 (20.5)

8522 (39.3)

4141 (27.2)

  Overweight to obese

1178 (67.5)

1939 (70.8)

16,323 (53.4)

16,685 (63.6)

974 (73.6)

1682 (78.3)

12,978 (60.8)

11,725 (74.8)

927 (68.5)

1689 (77.6)

13,052 (60.2)

11,007 (72.3)

  Missing

97 (5.5)

59 (2.2)

287 (0.9)

158 (0.6)

17 (1.2)

19 (0.9)

64 (0.3)

37 (0.2)

31 (2.2)

42 (1.9)

116 (0.5)

74 (0.5)

  1. CVDs, Cardiovascular diseases; HUNT, The Trøndelag Health Study
  2. aDepression symptoms defined by HADS-D ≥ 8, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression-subscale Depression
  3. bAnxiety symptoms defined by HADS-A ≥ 8, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression-subscale Anxiety
  4. cSd = standard deviation
  5. dInactive = never or no light/hard physical activity per week
  6. eActive = less than once or more light/hard physical activity per week
  7. Light physical activity (no sweating or heavy breathing) vs hard physical activity
  8. fNo or low drinking = Never or ≤ 1 time/week
  9. gModerate (2–3 times/week) to frequent (≥ 4 times/week)
  10. hBMI = Body mass index; underweight to normal: BMI < 25 kg/m2; overweight to obese: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2
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