Group description – demographic characteristics, vascular risk factors and depression characteristics for depressed myocardial infarction, primary care and mental health care patients.

Abbreviations: PC primary care, MHC mental health care, HSD honestly significant difference, CVD cerebro vascular disease, BMI body mass index, CIDI total number of depressive symptoms (range: 5–9) as established by composite interview diagnostic instrument, COG cognitive/affective, SOM somatic. Group differences were tested by means of ANOVA and χ2-test as appropriate.