Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the sample we investigated in this study

N

733

1333

470

516

527

96

642

4317

3616

7933

Females %

72

71.6

62.1

80.8

69.6

80.2

81.9

73.2*

57.9

66.2

Age M (SD)

49.5 (17.8)

53.3 (16.3)

57.9 (15.2)

52.6 (15.3)

56.2 (14.2)

59.7 (18.1)

56.1 (15.4)

53.9 (16.2)*

44.6 (14.7)

49.7 (16.2)

HADS-D M (SD)

Tot.

4.0 (3.2)

3.4 (2.9)

4.1 (3.0)

4.6 (3.2)

4.3 (3.1)

5 (3.4)

5.2 (3.6)

4.1 (3.2)*

1.9 (2.1)

3.2 (2.8)

Females

3.7^a

3.2^a

3.9^a

4.4^a

4.0^a

4.3^a

5.0^a

3.9^a

1.7^a

2.8^a

Males

4.5

4.1

4.6

5.3

5.0

8.1

6.2

4.7

2.2

3.3