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. 2025 Nov 7;25:3839. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24915-2

Table 4.

Association of depressive symptoms with low muscle strength

Incident low muscle strength (handgrip strength)
No. of cases/ participants Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR (95% CI) RD HR (95% CI) RD HR (95% CI) RD
CESD-10 score 630/6817 1.05 (1.04-1.06) 1.04 (1.03-1.06) 1.04 (1.02-1.05)
 First quantile (0-3) 94/1365 Reference Reference Reference
 Second quantile (3-7) 123/1656 1.08 (0.85-1.38) 0.01 1.02 (0.80-1.30) 0e+00 0.99 (0.78-1.26) 0e+00
 Third quantile (7-12) 172/1975 1.14 (0.90-1.45) 0.01 1.09 (0.86-1.39) 1e-04 1.03 (0.81-1.32) 0e+00
 Fourth quantile (12-30) 241/1821 1.80 (1.45-2.24) 0.06 1.58 (1.27-1.98) 7e-04 1.42 (1.12-1.79) 5e-04
 P for trend <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Incident low muscle strength (time of 5TSTS)
No. of cases/ participants Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR (95% CI) RD HR (95% CI) RD HR (95% CI) RD
CESD-10 score 1418/6817 1.04 (1.03-1.04) 1.02 (1.01-1.03) 1.02 (1.01-1.03)
 First quantile (0-3) 227/1365 Reference Reference Reference
 Second quantile (3-7) 299/1656 1.19 (1.01-1.39) 0.03 1.13 (0.97-1.33) 3e-03 1.111 (0.94-1.29) 3e-03
 Third quantile (7-12) 419/1975 1.30 (1.11-1.52) 0.04 1.21 (1.03-1.41) 5e-03 1.16 (0.99-1.36) 4e-03
 Fourth quantile (12-30) 473/1821 1.66 (1.43-1.93) 0.10 1.38 (1.19-1.61) 9e-03 1.29 (1.10-1.51) 7e-03
 P for trend <0.001 <0.001 0.001

CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, RD risk difference, 5TSTS Five Times Sit to Stand Test; Model 1 was the basic model. Mode 2 was adjusted for age, gender, education, income, marriage; Model 3 was further adjusted for smoke, alcohol use, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, number of comorbidities, number of child, weight loss, and mild cognitive decline