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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 53, Issue 5 P277-P286, Copyright © 1998 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Depressive symptoms of whites and African Americans aged 60 years and older

JJ Gallo, L Cooper-Patrick and S Lesikar
Department of Mental Hygiene, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [email protected]

Consistent with prior work, our hypothesis was that older African Americans are less likely to report dysphoria than are older Whites. Study subjects were 968 participants aged 60 years and older in Baltimore, Maryland, and 1,486 participants aged 60 years and older in the Durham-Piedmont region of North Carolina who identified themselves as African American or White and who had complete data on symptoms of depression active in the one month prior to interview, as well as several covariates thought to be related to depression. The effect of self-reported race on the endorsement of symptoms from the section on Major Depression in the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was estimated employing structural equations with a measurement model. Older African Americans were less likely to report dysphoria than older Whites, although this only achieved statistical significance by conventional standards at the Durham-Piedmont site. Older African Americans at both sites were significantly more likely to report thoughts of death.


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