Table 2.
Hazard ratios for the association between depressed mood and cause-specific mortality, stratified by cause of death and follow-up time period in years for all participants
| Follow- up time |
Cause of death |
Number of deaths (% of all-cause deaths) |
Subdistribution hazard ratio: Age/sex adjustment4 |
Cause-specific hazard ratio: Age/sex adjustment4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Depressed mood |
No depressed mood |
Point estimate |
95% CI | Point estimate |
95% CI | ||
| 0–15 | CVD1 | 333(56.5) | 51(52.6) | 282(58.1) | 1.54 | 1.15–2.00 | 1.56 | 1.15–2.11 |
| Injury2 | 24(4.1) | 7(7.2) | 17(3.5) | 2.50 | 1.03–6.02 | 2.67 | 1.08–6.58 | |
| Cancer3 | 124(21.1) | 16(16.5) | 108(22.3) | 1.18 | .69–1.79 | 1.08 | .63–1.84 | |
| 15–30 | CVD | 285(43.7) | 45(45.9) | 240(43.8) | 1.37 | .99–1.91 | 1.40 | 1.01–1.94 |
| Injury | 23(3.5) | 2(2.0) | 21(3.8) | .78 | .19–3.16 | .80 | .18–3.47 | |
| Cancer | 142(21.8) | 22(22.4) | 120(21.9) | 1.11 | .69–1.79 | 1.17 | .74–1.85 | |
| 30–40 | CVD | 101(33.1) | 16(32.7) | 85(33.2) | 1.22 | .71–2.09 | 1.34 | .77–2.31 |
| Injury | 8(2.6) | 1(2.0) | 7(2.7) | 1.44 | .23–8.87 | .87 | .11–7.29 | |
| Cancer | 57(18.7) | 12(24.5) | 45(12.6) | 1.10 | .34–3.57 | 1.64 | .85–3.15 | |
| All years | CVD | 720(46.6) | 112(45.9) | 608(47.2) | 1.30 | 1.05–1.60 | 1.46 | 1.19–1.80 |
| Injury | 55(3.6) | 10(4.1) | 45(3.5) | 1.34 | .68–2.63 | 1.55 | .77–3.11 | |
| Cancer | 323(20.9) | 50(20.5) | 273(21.2) | .79 | .39–1.58 | 1.22 | .90–1.66 | |
1
Cardiovascular= Diseases of the heart, cerebrovascular diseases, essential hypertensive renal disease
2
I Injury= Unintentional injuries, suicides, and homicides
3
Cancer= Any malignant neoplasm
4
Full adjustment (age, sex, smoking, education, and body weight) did not alter significant findings