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. 2025 Jun 19;11:100136. doi: 10.1016/j.xjmad.2025.100136

Table 3.

Associations with self-reporting MDD among participants with a recorded history of MDD.


Self-reported history of depression among EHR-MDD

Participant characteristics Positive (n = 6689) Negative (n = 2720) aOR (95 % CI)a
Sociodemographic characteristics,n(row %)
Age at enrollment
18–44 1643 (78.9 %) 439 (21.1 %) Reference
45–54 1392 (75 %) 465 (25 %) 0.82 (0.71,0.95)
55–64 1742 (73.7 %) 621 (26.3 %) 0.79 (0.69,0.91)
65 + 1912 (61.5 %) 1195 (38.5 %) 0.47 (0.41,0.53)
Gender Identity
Female 5073 (73.4 %) 1839 (26.6 %) Reference
Male 1616 (64.7 %) 881 (35.3 %) 0.71 (0.65,0.79)
Race
White 6188 (71.5 %) 2471 (28.5 %) Reference
Black or African American 44 (67.7 %) 21 (32.3 %) 0.67 (0.39,1.16)
Asian 30 (57.7 %) 22 (42.3 %) 0.45 (0.26,0.81)
American Indian, Alaska Native,
Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
11 (64.7 %) 6 (35.3 %) 0.66 (0.24,1.96)
Multi-racial 356 (68.7 %) 162 (31.3 %) 0.95 (0.78,1.16)
Other 26 (57.8 %) 19 (42.2 %) 0.51 (0.28,0.94)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic 6539 (71.3 %) 2635 (28.7 %) Reference
Hispanic 97 (68.3 %) 45 (31.7 %) 0.71 (0.50,1.04)
Education
High school or less 1056 (66.2 %) 540 (33.8 %) 0.93 (0.80,1.07)
Some college 2622 (72.8 %) 981 (27.2 %) 1.09 (0.96,1.23)
College graduate 1543 (71.6 %) 612 (28.4 %) Reference
Postgraduate 1358 (72.2 %) 523 (27.8 %) 1.17 (1.02,1.35)
Marital status
Married or marriage-like 4579 (69.9 %) 1972 (30.1 %) Reference
Separated/Divorced 887 (77.9 %) 252 (22.1 %) 1.44 (1.24,1.68)
Widowed 378 (61.3 %) 239 (38.7 %) 0.85 (0.71,1.02)
Never married 677 (78.3 %) 188 (21.7 %) 1.23 (1.03,1.47)
Unemployed under age 65
No 5021 (69.0 %) 2251 (31.0 %) Reference
Yes 1608 (78.4 %) 442 (21.6 %) 1.22 (1.07,1.40)
Health-related characteristics,n(row %)
Smoking status
Never 3515 (70.8 %) 1448 (29.2 %) Reference
Former 2468 (70.8 %) 1017 (29.2 %) 1.13 (1.02,1.24)
Current 596 (75.5 %) 193 (24.5 %) 1.11 (0.93,1.32)
Alcohol use
Never 1756 (70.4 %) 737 (29.6 %) Reference
Once a month or less 1664 (74.4 %) 574 (25.6 %) 1.10 (0.96,1.25)
2–4 a month 1477 (71.4 %) 593 (28.6 %) 0.94 (0.83,1.08)
2–3 a week 822 (68.2 %) 383 (31.8 %) 0.84 (0.72,0.98)
4–5 a week 460 (69.3 %) 204 (30.7 %) 0.99 (0.82,1.20)
6 or more a week 472 (70.3 %) 199 (29.7 %) 1.09 (0.90,1.32)
Body mass index
Underweight 71 (74.7 %) 24 (25.3 %) 1.13 (0.71,1.86)
Normal 1629 (70.1 %) 694 (29.9 %) Reference
Overweight 1952 (68.8 %) 886 (31.2 %) 1.07 (0.95,1.21)
Obese 2663 (73.3 %) 972 (26.7 %) 1.28 (1.13,1.44)
Charlson index
0 2130 (73.2 %) 778 (26.8 %) Reference
1–2 1917 (73.1 %) 706 (26.9 %) 1.17 (1.04,1.33)
3–4 688 (67.9 %) 325 (32.1 %) 1.10 (0.93,1.30)
5 or more 563 (65.8 %) 292 (34.2 %) 1.01 (0.85,1.21)
Anxiety disordersb
No 4058 (68.4 %) 1877 (31.6 %) Reference
Yes 2631 (75.7 %) 843 (24.3 %) 1.39 (1.26,1.53)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderb
No 6446 (70.7 %) 2677 (29.3 %) Reference
Yes 243 (85.0 %) 43 (15.0 %) 1.93 (1.40,2.72)
Substance use disordersb
No 5390 (70.7 %) 2233 (29.3 %) Reference
Yes 1299 (72.7 %) 487 (27.3 %) 1.07 (0.95,1.20)
Clinical characteristics,n(row %)
MDD Screen at enrollmentc
Negative 5311 (68.2 %) 2478 (31.8 %) Reference
Positive 1315 (87.3 %) 191 (12.7 %) 2.98 (2.54,3.51)
Total unique antidepressant classes
0 385 (41.0 %) 555 (59.0 %) Reference
1 2632 (67.8 %) 1250 (32.2 %) 3.27 (2.81,3.82)
2 2073 (77.1 %) 614 (22.9 %) 5.45 (4.62,6.43)
3 or more 1599 (84.2 %) 301 (15.8 %) 8.98 (7.44,10.85)
Recency of last MDD episode
< 90days 2051 (82.6 %) 432 (17.4 %) Reference
90days-< 1 yr 1352 (78.8 %) 363 (21.2 %) 0.82 (0.70,0.96)
1yr-< 3 yrs 1644 (71.8 %) 645 (28.2 %) 0.58 (0.50,0.67)
3yrs-< 5 yrs 712 (64.4 %) 393 (35.6 %) 0.41 (0.35,0.48)
5 yrs+ 930 (51.2 %) 887 (48.8 %) 0.23 (0.20,0.26)
Social and emotional well-being characteristics,n(row %)
Overall mental well-being
0–5 (low) 1208 (84.9 %) 215 (15.1 %) 2.83 (2.42,3.33)
6–7 (low normal) 1705 (78.0 %) 480 (22.0 %) 1.82 (1.62,2.05)
8 + (high normal) 3763 (65.1 %) 2017 (34.9 %) Reference
Overall emotional well-being
0–5 (low) 1808 (85.4 %) 310 (14.6 %) 3.39 (2.96,3.89)
6–7 (low normal) 1965 (76.2 %) 615 (23.8 %) 1.87 (1.67,2.08)
8 + (high normal) 2906 (61.9 %) 1787 (38.1 %) Reference
Emotional health
Excellent 236 (47.8 %) 258 (52.2 %) Reference
Very good 1537 (61.8 %) 949 (38.2 %) 1.75 (1.44,2.13)
Good 2121 (69.3 %) 939 (30.7 %) 2.42 (1.99,2.94)
Fair 1919 (81.5 %) 435 (18.5 %) 4.58 (3.72,5.65)
Poor 809 (88.7 %) 103 (11.3 %) 7.59 (5.78,10.04)
EHR Density,n(row %)
EHR length (years)
Q1: ≤ 2.62 966 (80.6 %) 232 (19.4 %) 1.86 (1.58,2.19)
Q2: 2.63–8.17 1664 (71.0 %) 680 (29.0 %) 1.17 (1.04,1.31)
Q3: 8.18–13.3 1833 (70.4 %) 772 (29.6 %) 1.11 (0.99,1.24)
Q4: 13.4 + 2226 (68.2 %) 1036 (31.8 %) Reference
Diagnostic frequency (mean visits per year)
Q1: < 2.72 624 (72.9 %) 232 (27.1 %) 1.04 (0.87,1.23)
Q2: 2.72–5.82 1331 (68.6 %) 610 (31.4 %) 0.85 (0.75,0.97)
Q3: 5.83–11.6 2141 (69.9 %) 921 (30.1 %) 0.89 (0.80,1.00)
Q4: 11.7 + 2593 (73.0 %) 957 (27.0 %) Reference
MDD Polygenic Risk Score
Continuous PRS (Linear)
Participants, n (missing) 5303 (1386) 2171 (549) 1.10 (1.05,1.16)
PRS-MDD, median (IQR) 0.2 (−0.5:0.9) 0.1 (−0.6:0.8)

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; EHR, electronic health record; IQR, interquartile range; MDD, major depressive disorder; PQ, participant questionnaire; Q, quartile.

a

Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for participants with EHR-MDD, comparing participants that self-reported MDD history vs. those that did not. Adjusted for age, gender, and EHR length. Tests exploring age, gender and length of EHR were unadjusted for said variable.

b

Comorbidities were defined as the presence of at least one diagnostic code in a participants EHR.

c

Screened using a modified version of the Patient Health Questoinnaire-2 in the participant questionnaire.