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Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 May;63(5):530–538. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.5.530

Table 3.

Metaregression Analyses

Variable	OR (95% CI)^*	z Score	P Value	χ² Statistic^†	Coefficient	z Score	P Value
Unadjusted	2.03 (1.81–2.28)	12.00	<.001	0.0053	…	…	…
Adjusted for interval (in years) between depression and AD diagnoses	1.53 (1.11–2.11)	2.58	.01	0.00	0.04^‡	2.01	.04

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer disease; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; ellipses, not applicable.

Indicates OR for developing AD in individuals with a history of depression without and with adjustment for interval between diagnoses of depression and AD.

^†

Indicates the estimate of between-study variability.⁴¹

^‡

Indicates the regression coefficient for the variable representing the interval between the two diagnoses.