Table 1

Descriptive statistics for 4692 men in the HRS (2012–2014)

	All men		No/low disorder		Moderate disorder		High disorder		P value
N	4692		1893		1460		1339
Weighted mean, SE
Hand grip strength (kg)	41.0	0.20	41.8	0.27	41.3	0.35	39.1	0.34	<0.0001
Neighbourhood disorder score (1–7)	2.4	0.03	1.3	0.01	2.4	0.01	4.5	0.04	<0.0001
Age	66.1	0.25	66.7	0.33	65.6	0.37	65.9	0.32	<0.005
Body mass index (kg/m²)	28.8	0.08	28.5	0.12	28.9	0.17	29.3	0.23	<0.0001
CES-D score	1.1	0.03	0.81	0.04	1.1	0.05	1.7	0.07	<0.0001
Average chronic conditions	2.1	0.03	1.9	0.03	2.1	0.06	2.3	0.06	<0.0001
N, weighted %
Education
<HS	932	15.5	262	28.9	274	31.9	396	39.9	<0.0001
HS	1251	25.7	454	38.6	406	32.9	391	28.4
College	2508	58.7	1195	49.5	789	32.0	559	18.5
Marital status									<0.0001
Married/partnered	3673	77.1	1537	45.5	1167	32.9	969	21.6
Separated/divorced/widowed	815	17.1	304	40.3	236	29.8	275	29.8
Single/never married	204	5.8	52	27.0	57	28.8	95	44.2
Moderate physical activity									<0.0001
None	753	14.3	274	36.3	219	30.1	260	33.6
Low (1–3× p/week)	554	10.7	197	40.1	172	31.2	185	28.8
Moderate (1–1+times p/week)	2978	66.5	1246	45.3	945	32.8	787	21.9
High (daily)	396	8.4	173	45.7	120	32.7	103	21.6
Smoking status					.				<0.0001
Never	1638	37.4	706	47.1	533	34.1	399	18.8
Former	2425	49.3	985	42.7	732	31.0	708	26.3
Current	605	13.2	193	36.6	185	30.7	227	32.8
Race/ethnicity
White	3680	86.9	1640	45.6	1177	32.7	863	21.7	<0.0001
Black	655	7.4	142	23.1	185	27.1	328	49.7
Other race/ethnicity	344	5.7	104	37.4	97	31.0	143	31.7
Household wealth
Bottom quartile	1781	34.6	565	34.6	542	32.0	674	33.3	<0.0001
Lower middle quartile	381	8.6	165	41.6	124	36.3	92	22.0
Upper middle quartile	1186	25.5	488	45.1	375	35.0	323	19.5
Upper quartile	1344	31.1	675	57.9	419	28.1	250	13.9

CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; HRS, health and retirement study.