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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 24;103(6):755–761. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.035

Table 4.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals per 1 standard deviation increase in baseline value of predictor for incident Coronary Heart Disease morbidity or mortality comparing a model with (Center for Epidemiological Studies- Depression), adjusted for age, sex, and Framingham risk score (model A) to a model additionally including inflammatory markers (model B)

N Model A Model B Depression
Parameter
Estimate
Difference
Center for
Epidemiological
Studies-
Depression scale
Center for
Epidemiological
Studies-
Depression scale
Log High
sensitivity
C-reactive protein
Soluble
Intracellular
Adhesion
molecule-1
Log Interleukin
-6
1. 1790 1.27 (1.10–1.47) 1.26 (1.09–1.45) 1.25 (1.02–1.53) 5.68%
2. 1792 1.28 (1.11–1.48) 1.28 (1.11–1.48) 1.32 (1.04–1.66) −0.08%
3. 1751 1.28 (1.10–1.48) 1.27(1.10–1.47) 1.05 (0.88–1.25)° 1.22%
4. 1788 1.28 (1.11–1.48) 1.26 (1.09–1.46) 1.24 (1.01–1.52) 1.29 (1.02–1.63) 5.62%
4b. Center for
Epidemiological
Studies-
Depression ≥ 10
1788 1.60 (1.12–2.27) 1.59 (1.12–2.26) 1.26 (1.03–1.54) 1.29 (1.03–1.63) 0.88%
5. Men 890 1.25 (1.02–1.52) 1.22 (1.00–1.50) 1.23 (0.94–1.61)° 1.10 (0.80–1.51)° 8.45%
6. Current smokers 475 1.49 (1.21–1.83) 1.55 (1.25–1.92) 1.00 (0.68–1.46)° 1.58 (1.04–2.40) −10.77%
7. Age ≥65 years 345 1.23 (0.94–1.61)° 1.20 (0.92–1.58)° 1.23 (0.90–1.66)° 1.70 (1.17–2.48) 11.10%
8. Body
Mass Index ≥30
404 1.46 (1.15–1.86) 1.48 (1.16–1.89) 0.95 (0.66–1.36)° 1.17 (0.71–1.92)° −3.70%
9. Not prescribed
cardiac** medications
1563 1.19 (0.99–1.43)° 1.16 (0.97–1.40)° 1.33 (1.04–1.70) 1.28 (0.97–1.67)° 12.38%
10. Not prescribed anti-
depressant medication
1736 1.24 (1.06–1.46) 1.22 (1.04–1.43) 1.23 (1.00–1.53) 1.29 (1.01–1.64) −8.89%
°

not significant

**

aspirin, lipid-lowering medications and anti-hyerpertensive medications

1 standard deviation of depressive symptoms = 7.7 points;

1 standard deviation of log(high sensitivity C-reactive protein) = 1.25; 1 standard deviation of soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 = 330 ng/mL; 1 standard deviation of log(interleukin-6) = 0.79