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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jan 2;61(6):622–630. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.058

Table 2.

Association between elevated depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of 4 versus <4) and definite/probable MI or death.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Elevated Depressive symptoms 1.41 (1.15 – 1.72) 1.25 (1.02 – 1.52) 1.14 (0.93 – 1.40)

Age, per 10 years 1.52 (1.39 – 1.65) 1.53 (1.40 – 1.67) 1.64 (1.50 – 1.80)

Male 1.44 (1.22 – 1.69) 1.46 (1.24 – 1.72) 1.54 (1.31 – 1.82)

Black 1.11 (0.94 – 1.30) 1.00 (0.85 – 1.18) 0.97 (0.82 – 1.14)

High school graduate 0.87 (0.73 – 1.05) 0.94 (0.78 – 1.13) 0.97 (0.80 – 1.16)

Annual household Income < $20K 1.53 (1.28 – 1.83) 1.45 (1.21 – 1.73) 1.30 (1.09 – 1.56)

Body mass index, per 5 kg/m2 0.94 (0.88 – 1.01) 0.89 (0.83 – 0.95) 0.91 (0.84 – 0.97)

Hypertension * 1.20 (0.99 – 1.43) 1.21 (1.01 – 1.44)

Myocardial infarction * 1.35 (1.14 – 1.60) 1.31 (1.11 – 1.55)

Stroke * 1.43 (1.19 – 1.72) 1.34 (1.11 – 1.61)

Diabetes Mellitus * 1.58 (1.35 – 1.84) 1.55 (1.33 – 1.80)

Aspirin * 0.90 (0.77 – 1.05) 0.89 (0.76 – 1.05)

Beta blocker * 1.18 (1.02 – 1.37) 1.18 (1.02 – 1.36)

Thienopyridine * 1.36 (1.13 – 1.64) 1.35 (1.12 – 1.63)

ACE-inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker * 1.04 (0.89 – 1.21) 1.05 (0.90 – 1.22)

Statin * 0.73 (0.63 – 0.85) 0.75 (0.64 – 0.87)

Antidepressant use 1.29 (1.07 – 1.56) 1.20 (0.99 – 1.45)

Alcohol use * *
None 1 (ref)
Light to moderate 0.93 (0.79 – 1.09)
High 0.69 (0.43 – 1.11)

Current Smoking * * 2.06 (1.71 – 2.47)

Physical activity * *
Any 1 (ref)
None 1.47 (1.27 – 1.71)

Morisky scale for * *
medication adherence
0 (best adherence) 1 (ref)
1 1.15 (0.97 – 1.35)
2 1.23 (0.90 – 1.67)
3 or 4 (worst adherence) 0.80 (0.51 – 1.25)

Models also included adjustment for geographic region of residence.

*

not included in regression model

history of myocardial infarction and stroke as identified by self-report