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. 2024 Jan 28;21(1):4–33. doi: 10.26599/1671-5411.2024.01.009

Table 12. Association of depression with all-cause and CVD mortality in CKB and DFTJ study.

CKB cohort DFTJ cohort
CVD: cardiovascular diseases.
Time for follow-up 2004–2016 2008–2016
Numbers 512,712 26,298
Age range/years 30–79 32–104
Mean age/years 52.0 63.6
Female/% 59.0 55.2
Prevalence of depression/% 0.64 17.96
( 12-months prevalence of major
depressive episode)
( 1-month prevalence of clinically significant
depressive symptoms)
All-cause mortality (HR, 95% CI ) 1.32 ( 1.20–1.46 ) 1.17 ( 1.06–1.29)
 Male 1.53 ( 1.32–1.76 ) 1.24 ( 1.10–1.41)
 Female 1.19 ( 1.03–1.37 ) 1.06 (0.91–1.24)
CVD mortality (HR, 95% CI ) 1.22 ( 1.04–1.44 ) 1.32 ( 1.14–1.54)
 Male 1.39 ( 1.10–1.76 ) 1.49 ( 1.23–1.80)
 Female 1.11 (0.89–1.40) 1.09 (0.86–1.39)