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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Twin Res Hum Genet. 2009 Oct;12(5):469–488. doi: 10.1375/twin.12.5.469

Table 4.

Logistic Regressions Predicting Depression (Lifetime and Before12RP) From Kessler Perceived Social Support (KPSS), Personal Stressful Life Events (SLE) and the Interaction Between SLE and KPSS

N Full model Sex Age KPSS
Personal SLE
KPSS × ⍰SLE
-2ΔLL Wald Wald Wald -2ΔLL Wald -2ΔLL Wald -2ΔLL






Δ χ 25 p OR p OR p OR p Δ χ21 p OR p Δ χ21 p OR p Δ p
Major Depression (MD)

Lifetime depression

M 7523 263.10 .000** 1.49 .000** 0.94 .053 0.88 .000 32.68 .000** 1.53 .000 185.18 .000** 1.05 .109 2.58 .108
M 2750 54.86 .000** 1.03 .670 0.87 .012 10.09 .001** 1.41 .000 42.66 .000** 1.06 .246 1.35 .245
F 4773 193.88 .000** 0.90 .012* 0.89 .004 23.35 .000** 1.61 .000 149.96 .000** 1.03 .491 0.47 .491

Onset before 12mth SLE reporting period (Before12RP)

M 6850 177.98 .000** 1.45 .000** 1.23 .000** 0.87 .001 23.93 .000** 1.60 .000 130.09 .000** 1.06 .102 2.68 .102
M 2548 54.46 .000** 1.40 .000** 0.85 .035 6.75 .009* 1.52 .000 35.04 .000** 1.10 .132 2.30 .129
F 4302 118.90 .000** 1.16 .003** 0.88 .010 17.86 .000** 1.66 .000 98.82 .000** 1.03 .468 0.53 .468

Sub-Clinical Depression (SCD)

Lifetime depression

M 7322 401.62 .000** 1.31 .000** 0.88 .000** 0.89 .000 47.05 .000** 1.60 .000 284.20 .000** 1.02 .404 0.69 .405
M 2679 108.32 .000** 0.89 .015* 0.91 .020 11.36 .001** 1.47 .000 79.51 .000** 1.00 .914 0.01 .914
F 4643 285.85 .000** 0.88 .000** 0.89 .000 36.62 .000** 1.69 .000 210.50 .000** 1.02 .565 0.33 .566

Onset before 12mth SLE reporting period (Before12RP)

M 6142 298.99 .000** 1.29 .000** 1.14 .000** 0.88 .000 38.66 .000** 1.71 .000 246.99 .000** 1.05 .118 2.43 .119
M 2278 74.48 .000** 1.12 .046 0.89 .039 8.33 .004** 1.55 .000 65.43 .000** 1.04 .451 0.57 .451
F 3864 221.02 .000** 1.15 .001** 0.87 .001 31.22 .000** 1.83 .000 187.75 .000** 1.04 .318 0.99 .321

Note. p: ‘.000’ = ‘<.001’; For males M females (M & F), p < .050 (*) were significant at α = .050 and p < .010 (**) were significant at α = .010; For M or F, we used a Bonferonni correction (p/2), so p < .025 (*) were significant at α = .050 and p < .005 (**) were significant at α = .010.