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Table 2 Baseline characteristics comparing patients with high and low levels of acute depressive symptoms

From: Levels of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients attending cardiac rehabilitation with a history of depression: pre Covid-19 and Covid-19 period comparison

Pre COVID-19 period

COVID-19 period

Variables

HADS < 8 group (n = 1334)

HADS ≥ 8 group (n = 1379)

P

Effect size

HADS < 8 group (n = 489)

HADS ≥ 8 group (n = 459)

P

Effect size

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age

63.12 (11.00)

60.47 (10.80)

< 0.001

0.24

63.63 (10.56)

59.70 (11.12)

< 0.001

0.36

Total comorbidities

4.55 (2.13)

5.12 (2.26)

< 0.001

0.26

4.54 (2.16)

5.04 (2.25)

= 0.001

0.23

Weight (kg)

85.25 (18.71)

87.94 (21.30)

= 0.001

0.13

83.95 (19.36)

87.38 (20.45)

= 0.011

0.17

HADS anxiety score measurement

6.48 (3.81)

11.92 (4.06)

< 0.001

1.38

6.18 (3.64)

11.58 (4.25)

< 0.001

1.37

 

%

%

  

%

%

  

Female %

36.1

36.4

0.849

0.00

34.2

39.6

0.087

0.05

Comorbid anxiety (yes) %

48.9

60.2

< 0.001

0.11

47.9

57.3

0.004

0.10

150 min. physical activity a week (yes) %

52.5

29.2

< 0.001

0.24

48.7

30.0

< 0.001

0.19

Smoking (Yyes) %

8.4

19.9

< 0.001

0.16

11.3

17.7

0.006

0.09

Partnered %

69.0

62.3

0.001

0.07

67.6

58.3

0.008

0.10

IMD (most deprived) %

15.9

28.1

< 0.001

0.15

16.2

29.8

< 0.001

0.16

  1. Cohen’s d effect size for continuous variables and phi effect size for categorical variables were reported