Table 1 Socio-demographic, medical history, and frequency of depression and anxiety among studied groups (patients and controls)

Sex: male/female (number of patients)

33/31

26/24

0.964

Age in years, mean ± SD (years)

71.8 ± 10.7

69 ± 11.3

0.607

Residence: urban/rural (number of patients)

38/26

27/23

0.565

Marital status: single/married/divorced or widowed

8/41/15

9/37/4

0.083

Education: illiterate/literate

37/27

28/22

0.845

Socioeconomic status (SES): low/middle/high

26/35/3

18/29/3

0.960

Job status: employed/unemployed

25/39

21/29

0.751

Smoking (in males): smokers/non-smokers

20/13

16/10

0.944

 Diabetes

9/55

5/45

0.512

 Hypertension

13/51

6/44

0.237

 Cardiac

5/59

3/47

0.707

Depression

20

7

0.032

 Major depressive disorder

11

4

0.150

 Minor depression

9

3

0.156

 Total anxiety disorders

26

5

< 0.001

 Generalized anxiety disorder

11

2

0.028

 Panic disorder

7

1

0.138

 Agoraphobia without panic disorder

3

0

0.336

 Social phobia

5

2

0.401