Table 2:

Hospital outcomes among 5411 men with valid 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale ratings, by depression status^*

Outcome	Group, mean (95% CI)^†		p value
Outcome	No depression n = 5072	Depression n = 339	p value
Emergency admission, no. (%) of participants			< 0.001
No	3908 (77.0)	187 (55.2)
Yes	1164 (22.9)	152 (44.8)
No. of emergency admissions	0.4 (0.4–0.4)	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	< 0.001
Total days in hospital	11.9 (10.9–12.9)	21.0 (15.9–26.0)	< 0.001
Length of stay, d			0.009
< 2	382 (32.8)	43 (28.3)
3–5	360 (30.9)	33 (21.7)
6–12	281 (24.1)	49 (32.2)
≥ 12	141 (12.1)	27 (17.8)
Length of stay, d, median (IQR)	4.0 (2.0–8.0)	5.8 (2.4–11.0)	0.002

Note: CI = confidence interval, GDS-15 = 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, IQR = interquartile range.
↵* No clinically significant depression = GDS-15 score < 7; clinically significant depression = GDS-15 score ≥ 7.
↵† Unless stated otherwise.