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. 2009 Aug 3;38(5):1374–1379. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyp265

Table 1.

General health status, diagnosed depression and CES-D scores by the PON1 Q192R genotype in individuals aged between 60 and 79 years, with additive and per-allele age and sex-adjusted logistic regression results

PON1 genotype Additive logistic regression results, age, sex adjusted Per-allele logistic regression results, age, sex adjusted (RR compared with QQ = 1)
QQ QR RR OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
ELSA n = 1582 (50.1%) n = 1302 (41.2%) n = 274 (8.7%)
    Self-reported general health (% reporting fair to very poor) 28.3 27.93 32.35 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 0.42 1.21 (0.92–1.60) 0.18
    Any history of diagnosed depression (% diagnosed) 5.75 5.45 6.57 1.03 (0.82–1.30) 0.80 1.17 (0.69–1.31) 0.55
    CES-D score (8-point scale) [mean (SD)] 1.36 (1.80) 1.39 (1.86) 1.36 (1.68)
    % depressed (using CES-D ≥3 as symptomatic of depression) 19.2 19.7 19.8 1.04 (0.90–1.19) 0.61 1.06 (0.77–1.48) 0.71
    % depressed (using CES-D ≥4 as symptomatic of depression) 12.4 12.4 13.2 1.03 (0.87–1.21) 0.74 1.09 (0.74–1.61) 0.65
InCHIANTI n = 368 (48.4%) n = 337 (43.3%) n = 56 (7.4%)
    Self-reported general health (% reporting fair to very poor) 36.5 37.8 24.1 0.86 (0.67–1.10) 0.23 0.55 (0.28–1.08) 0.08
    CES-D (60-point scale) [mean (SD)] 11.70 (8.50) 11.98 (8.12) 9.85 (8.32)
    % depressed (CES-D≥16) 17.3 17.7 14.8 0.94 (0.68–1.30) 0.71 0.86 (0.38–1.96) 0.72
Meta-analysis n = 1950 (49.8%) n = 1639 (41.8%) n = 330 (8.4%)
    Self-reported general health (% reporting fair to very poor) 29.9 30.0 31.0 1.01 (0.91–1.13)* 0.80* 1.06 (0.82–1.37)* 0.63*
    % above study specific CES-D cut-off points 13.3 13.5 13.5 1.01 (0.87–1.17)* 0.90* 1.04 (0.73–1.47)* 0.84*
*

Adjusting for study also in meta-analysis.

SD = standard deviation.