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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Apr 11;60(1):27–38. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.12.033

Table 3.

Characteristics Associated with Depressive Symptoms

Characteristic Model 1 * Model 2 **
aOR (95% CI) p-value aOR (95% CI) p-value
Age (per 1 yr) 0.98 (0.97- 0.98) <0.001 0.98 (0.97- 0.98) <0.001
Sex
 Male 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Female 1.39 (1.18- 1.63) <0.001 1.22 (1.03- 1.44) 0.02
Racial/Ethnic Group
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.18 (0.98- 1.43) 0.08 1.43 (1.17- 1.74) <0.001
 Hispanic 1.44 (0.98- 2.12) 0.06 1.65 (1.12- 2.45) 0.01
 Other 1.20 (0.78- 1.86) 0.4 1.38 (0.89- 2.16) 0.2
Educational attainment
 Less than HS Diploma 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Some College or Vocational Training 0.70 (0.57- 0.86) <0.001 0.73 (0.59- 0.90) 0.003
 College Graduate 0.50 (0.39- 0.65) <0.001 0.52 (0.40- 0.68) <0.001
Hypertension 1.19 (0.92- 1.54) 0.2 1.23 (0.95- 1.61) 0.1
High cholesterol 1.06 (0.85- 1.32) 0.6 1.03 (0.82- 1.29) 0.8
Chronic heart failure 1.10 (0.85- 1.43) 0.5 1.09 (0.84- 1.43) 0.5
MI or coronary revascularization 1.37 (1.12- 1.67) 0.002 1.35 (1.10- 1.66) 0.004
Peripheral arterial disease 1.29 (0.96- 1.73) 0.09 1.22 (0.91- 1.65) 0.2
Diabetes 1.17 (0.99- 1.39) 0.06 1.14 (0.96- 1.35) 0.1
Obesity1 1.16 (0.99- 1.37) 0.07 1.15 (0.97- 1.35) 0.1
eGFR (per 10 ml/min/1.73m2 decrease) 1.08 (1.02- 1.15) 0.01 1.09 (1.03- 1.16) 0.006
ln(urine albumin + 1)2 1.02 (0.87- 1.20) 0.8 1.07 (0.90- 1.26) 0.4
Antidepressant medication use - - 3.44 (2.84- 4.17) <0.001

Depressive symptoms defined as BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) score ≥ 11

*

all covariates in adjusted model as listed above

**

adjusted for covariates in model 1 + antidepressant medication use

1

BMI >= 30 kg/m2

2

natural log of 24 hr urine albumin

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; HS, high school; MI, myocardial infarction; aOR, adjustesd odds ratio;