Table 1: Comparison of demographic and clinical health characteristics of acute coronary syndrome patients. Nursing Research and Practice Variables Age at consent M (year) ± SD Range BMI M (lb/inch2) ± SD Range BDI Score (0–63) M ± SD Range Race White Black Spanish/Hispanic Latino Descent Some other race Marital Status Single, Divorced, Separated, Widowed Married Living arrangement Live with spouse or family member Live alone Education ≤High school Some college/vocational Technical College degree and above Smoking Yes, currently Yes, but quit (≤1 year) Never Alcohol Yes, currently Yes, but quit (≤1 year) Never Activity More active Less active About same Depressed (BDI ≥14) Depression questions Current antidepressant use History of Depression feeling History of depression diagnosis or treatment Note: values in parenthesis are percentages. ∗Statistical signiﬁcant at level of P < 0.05. 4. Discussion The prevalence of depression in this study was signiﬁcantly higher in the females (35%) than males (22%) (BDI-II scores ≥ 14). Of the 21 depressive symptoms evaluated by the BDI-II, 19 depressive symptoms were reported more frequently by females; 7 out of the 19 symptoms reaching statistical signiﬁcance (P < 0.05). Although our results sup- port the increase in somatic symptoms in females (sleep and appetite disturbances), as reported by Wenzel [15], self- reported symptoms of fatigue were not statistically diﬀerent between males and females. Several methodological caveats must be considered when interpreting the data. The sample was a convenient sample (n = 789) 62.28 ± 12.03 28–96 30.13 ± 6.44 16.47–58.57 9.93 ± 8.63 0–48 485 (61.47) 152 (19.26) 123 (15.59) 29 (3.68) 272 (34.56) 515 (65.44) 630 (79.95) 158 (20.05) 340 (43.26) 217 (27.61) 229 (29.13) 178 (22.62) 290 (36.85) 319 (40.53) 364 (46.43) 87 (11.10) 333 (42.47) 354 (45.10) 218 (27.77) 213 (27.13) 208 (26.36) 108 (13.95) 251 (32.39) 164 (21.19) Women (n = 248) 64.31 ± 12.79 29–96 30.53 ± 7.91 16.47–61.33 11.98 ± 9.68 0–48 141 (56.85) 63 (25.40) 37 (14.92) 7 (2.82) 126 (51.01) 121 (48.99) 184 (74.49) 63 (25.51) 129 (52.23) 74 (29.96) 44 (17.81) 54 (21.77) 74 (29.84) 120 (48.39) 87 (35.22) 14 (5.67) 146 (59.11) 86 (34.82) 88 (35.63) 73 (29.55) 88 (35.48) 52 (21.31) 107 (43.50) 78 (31.71) Men (n = 541) 61.35 ± 11.56 32–95 29.95 ± 5.64 18.09–58.57 9.00 ± 7.93 0–43 344 (63.59) 89 (16.45) 86 (15.90) 22 (4.07) 146 (27.04) 394 (72.96) 446 (82.44) 95 (17.56) 211 (39.15) 143 (26.53) 185 (34.32) 124 (23.01) 216 (40.07) 199 (36.92) 277 (51.58) 73 (13.59) 187 (34.82) 268 (49.81) 130 (24.16) 140 (26.02) 120 (22.18) 56 (10.57) 144 (27.22) 86 (16.29) P value 0.0013∗ 0.2995 <0.0001∗ 0.0274∗ <0.0001∗ 0.0098∗ <0.0001∗ 0.0054∗ <0.0001∗ 0.0002∗ 0.0001∗ <0.0001∗ <0.0001∗ <0.0001∗ 3