Table 3.
Remitting depressive symptoms group (TG5) versus persisting depressive symptoms group (TG6): baseline characteristics
| DEPRESSION TRAJECTORY GROUPS |
UNIVARIABLE ANALYSES |
MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG5* (n = 61) |
TG6* (n =26) |
TEST STATISTIC* |
P VALUE | ODDS RATIO (95% CI) |
P VALUE | |
| Age mean (SD) | 74.8(5.4) | 77.6(5.8) | −2.18 | 0.03 | 1.06(0.93,1.21) | 0.36 |
| Women: n (%) | 47(77.0) | 23(88.5) | 1.51 | 0.26 | 5.03 (0.59, 43.0) | 0.14 |
| > high school education: n (%) | 28(45.9) | 9(34.6) | 0.95 | 0.36 | 1.01 (0.17, 5.92) | 0.99 |
| MMSE mean (SD) | 26.8(2.0) | 25.9(3.4) | 1.72 | 0.09 | 0.71 (0.42, 1.19) | 0.19 |
| Rx drugs taken: mean (SD) | 3.05(2.58) | 4.35(2.64) | −2.15 | 0.03 | 1.47 (1.07, 2.00) | 0.02 |
| Antidepressant drugs taken: n (%) | 4(6.56) | 7(26.92) | 6.85 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Death: n (%) | 29(47.5) | 20(76.9) | 6.40 | 0.02 | - | - |
| Total mCES-D score mean (SD) | 8.20(3.40) | 11.20(2.88) | −4.27 | <0.001 | - | - |
| Any IADL impairment: n (%) | 32(55.2) | 18(78.3) | 3.72 | 0.08 | 4.82 (0.73, 31.6) | 0.10 |
| Core Depressive Symptoms, normalized: mean (SD) | 2.66(1.48) | 3.28(1.13) | −1.91 | 0.06 | 1.58 (0.87, 2.88) | 0.14 |
| Self-Esteem/Interpersonal Symptoms, normalized: mean (SD) | 0.23(1.33) | 3.20(4.18) | −4.25 | <0.001 | 1.55 (1.03, 2.33) | 0.03 |
| Anhedonia/Neurovegetative Symptoms, normalized: mean (SD) | 2.09(1.24) | 2.98(0.92) | −3.11 | 0.002 | 2.38 (1.12, 5.08) | 0.03 |
| Mixed Symptoms, normalized: mean (SD) | 1.62(2.00) | 2.04(2.20) | −0.83 | 0.41 | 1.32 (0.91, 1.91) | 0.14 |
*
Nonparametric Mann-Whitney tests for continuous variables and χ2 or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables were used to test the difference between groups.
†
In addition to the listed variables, the multiple regression was also adjusted for the recruitment status.
§
CI stands for confidence interval.