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Table 2 Baseline Characteristics by Treatment for the Depressed and Non-depressed among the Participants (n = 242)

From: Impact of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Post-Cessation Mood Profile by Pre-Cessation Depressive Symptoms

 

Depresseda

(n = 63)

Not Depressedb

(n = 179)

Gender (% of male)

40.0

61.5

.16

53.3

59.1

.50

Age (years)d

40.1(11.3)

40.8(6.4)

.85

42.5(12.0)

40.4(11.6)

.32

Race (%)

  

.05

  

.97

White

83.7

72.7

 

82.0

84.6

 

African American

12.6

13.6

 

8.0

7.7

 

Other

3.7

13.6

 

10.0

7.7

 

Marital Status (%)

  

.75

  

.33

   Single

50.0

38.5

 

35.6

40.9

 

   Married

24.0

30.8

 

34.8

40.9

 

   Divorced/separated/widowed

26.0

30.8

 

29.6

18.2

 

Education (%)

  

.83

  

.68

   Less than 12 years

4.0

7.7

 

3.7

2.3

 

   12–15 years

52.0

53.8

 

51.1

45.5

 

   16 or more years

44.0

38.5

 

45.2

52.3

 

Smoking characteristics

      

Cigarettes per day

22.7(12.2)

23.2(7.5)

.91

21.9 (9.6)

19.8(6.9)

.22

FTND (range 1–10)

5.6 (2.2)

4.8 (1.9)

.29

5.0 (2.2)

4.7 (2.5)

.39

POMSe

      

Feeling anxious

1.8 (1.1)

2.0 (1.2)

.61

1.3 (1.1)

1.1 (0.9)

.38

Feeling sad

1.3 (1.0)

1.1 (0.8)

.59

0.3 (0.6)

0.6 (0.9)

.09

Feeling confused

0.9 (1.1)

0.9 (0.9)

.95

0.3 (0.5)

0.2 (0.6)

.93

Feeling angry

1.4 (1.3)

1.5 (1.0)

.91

0.6 (1.0)

0.6 (0.9)

.67

Feeling energetic

1.8 (1.1)

1.7 (0.8)

.66

2.0 (1.0)

2.1 (0.6)

.49

Feeling fatigue

1.8 (1.2)

1.8 (1.0)

.80

1.1 (1.0)

1.3 (1.1)

.17

Depression score (range 0–60)

23.9 (7.2)

23.6(4.9)

.90

6.8 (4.4)

7.3 (4.1)

.54

  1. a CES-D > 15
  2. b CES-D ≤ 15
  3. c Chi-Square test, except t test for age, FTND, POMS and CES-D.
  4. d Values are means with standard deviations in parentheses
  5. e POMS = Profile of Mood Score