Table 2.
Mortality data according to employment status and depressive symptoms
| Employed |
Unemployed |
P-value (multiple comparison) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDI <10 | BDI ≥10 | BDI <10 | BDI ≥10 | ||
| N = 1137 | N = 194 | N = 114 | N = 42 | ||
| Follow-up time (years), median (IQR) | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 15.0 | – |
| (14.9–15.9) | (14.9–15.9) | (14.9–16.0) | (13.5–15.9) | ||
| Number of deaths | 80 | 16 | 12 | 13 | – |
| Person years of follow-up | 17 124 | 2898 | 1703 | 566 | – |
| Retired during follow-up, n (%) | 836 (74) | 153 (79) | 95 (83) | 32 (76) | .069 |
| Mortality at end of follow-up, % (95% confidence interval)* | 7.7 | 8.1 | 12.8 | 34.1 | <.001a |
| (6.2–9.7) | (4.9–13.1) | (7.1–22.4) | (20.6–53.0) | ||
| Standardized mortality ratio (95% confidence interval) | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 2.48 | <.001b |
| (0.43–0.66) | (0.43–1.13) | (0.39–1.22) | (1.43–4.27) | ||
BDI, Beck’s depression inventory; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Kaplan–Meier estimate.
b
Unemployed subjects with increased depressive symptoms differ from other groups after Sidak correction (multiple testing) to control Type-I error across comparisons (P < .05).