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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 6.

Logistic Regressions Predicting Depression (During/after12RP and After12RP) 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 χ25 p OR p OR p OR p Δ χ21 p OR p Δ χ21 p OR p Δ χ21 p
Major Depression (MD)

Onset during/after 12mth SLE reporting period (During/after12RP)

M 6829 225.70 .000** 1.57 .000** 0.62 .000** 0.89 .010 15.10 .000** 1.46 .000 83.81 .000** 1.03 .474 0.52 .473
M 2541 44.86 .000** 0.63 .000** 0.88 .082 4.99 .026 1.26 .001 11.63 .001** 1.00 .974 0.00 .974
F 4288 175.89 .000** 0.61 .000** 0.91 .078 10.24 .001** 1.59 .000 80.49 .000** 1.02 .714 0.13 .714

Onset after 12mth SLE reporting period (After12RP)

M 6755 202.14 .000** 1.58 .000** 0.59 .000** 0.87 .004 16.10 .000** 1.42 .000 63.62 .000** 1.03 .442 0.59 .441
M 2518 46.94 .000** 0.57 .000** 0.87 .079 4.45 .035 1.25 .003 8.92 .003** 1.02 .749 0.10 .749
F 4237 148.89 .000** 0.60 .000** 0.88 .032 11.57 .001** 1.52 .000 60.55 .000** 1.01 .786 0.07 .785

Sub-Clinical Depression (SCD)

Onset during/after 12mth SLE reporting period (During/after12RP)

M 5942 350.46 .000** 1.36 .000** 0.59 .000** 0.90 .002 20.66 .000** 1.46 .000 112.14 .000** 0.99 .815 0.05 .815
M 2215 97.61 .000** 0.62 .000** 0.91 .096 5.77 .016* 1.36 .000 33.13 .000** 0.97 .589 0.29 .588
F 3727 248.68 .000** 0.58 .000** 0.90 .012 15.35 .000** 1.52 .000 81.23 .000** 0.99 .911 0.01 .911

Onset after 12mth SLE reporting period (After12RP)

M 5791 314.58 .000** 1.38 .000** 0.57 .000** 0.88 .000 24.13 .000** 1.40 .000 82.83 .000** 0.97 .480 0.50 .479
M 2163 88.97 .000** 0.60 .000** 0.88 .034 8.10 .004** 1.31 .000 24.99 .000** 0.95 .388 0.75 .386
F 3628 221.27 .000** 0.56 .000** 0.88 .005 16.31 .000** 1.45 .000 59.35 .000** 0.98 .677 0.17 .677

Note. p: ‘.000’ = ‘<.001’; For males & 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.