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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic, psychometric and medical characteristics in « report of depressive symptoms » (short-BDI score of 4 or more) and « non-report of depressive symptoms » (short-BDI score less than 4) subgroups at baseline.

From: Report of depressive symptoms on waiting list and mortality after liver and kidney transplantation: a prospective cohort study

Baseline characteristics

Non-report

of depressive symptoms

(n = 164)

Report

of depressive symptoms

(n = 175)

Statistics

p

Socio-demographic

    

Age (years) (m(sd))

48.7 (12.3)

46.0 (11.2)

t (337df) = 2.1

0.03

Female n (%)

56 (34.1%)

84 (48.0%)

Chi2 (1df) = 6.7

0.01

Higher secondary/university education n (%)

88 (53.7%)

74 (42.3%)

Chi2 (1df) = 4.4

0.04

Married/cohabiting n (%)

122 (74.4%)

115 (65.7%)

Chi2 (1df) = 3.0

0.08

Current professional activity n (%)

50 (30.5%)

36 (20.6%)

Chi2 (1df) = 4.4

0.04

Current leisure activities n (%)

117 (71.8%)

88 (50.6%)

Chi2 (1df) = 15.9

0.0007

Psychometric

    

STAI (m(sd))

31.66 (7.24)

42.38 (10.04)

t (337df) = -11.2

< 10 -4

Medical data

    

Main primary diagnosis

  

Chi2 (7df) = 8.72

0.27

Glomerulopathies n (%)

35 (21.3%)

52 (29.7%)

  

Tubulointerstitial nephropathies n (%)

8 (4.9%)

13 (7.4%)

  

Vascular nephropathies n (%)

18 (11.0%)

15 (8.6%)

  

Other nephropathies n (%)

27 (16.5%)

19 (10.9%)

  

Non cholestatic cirrhosis n (%)

24 (14.6%)

34 (19.4%)

  

Hepatocellular carcinoma n (%)

24 (14.6%)

19 (10.9%)

  

Metabolic diseases n (%)

17 (10.4%)

13 (7.4%)

  

Other liver diseases n (%)

11 (6.7%)

10 (5.7%)

  

Length since the main primary diagnosis

  

Chi2 (3df) = 2.0

0.56

<1 year n (%)

10 (6.1%)

18 (10.3%)

  

1 to 5 years n (%)

58 (35.4%)

59 (33.9%)

  

5 to 10 years n (%)

38 (23.2%)

37 (21.3%)

  

>10 years n (%)

58 (35.4%)

60 (34.5%)

  

UNOS score

  

Chi2 (2df) = 5.4

0.07

2 n (%)

41 (25.0%)

30 (17.1%)

  

3 n (%)

120 (73.2%)

136 (77.7%)

  

4 n (%)

3 (1.8%)

9 (5.1%)

  

Current cigarette smoking

  

Chi2 (2df) = 13.05

0.001

No n (%)

134 (81.7%)

117 (66.9%)

  

Occasional n (%)

10 (6.1%)

9 (5.1%)

  

Daily n (%)

20 (12.2%)

49 (28.0%)

  
  1. Patients were classified into two groups:
  2. "Non-report of depressive symptoms" for those with a short-BDI score less than 4,
  3. "Report of depressive symptoms" for those with a short-BDI score of 4 or more.
  4. STAI: State Trait Anxiety Inventory