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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Apr;63(4):542–549. doi: 10.1002/acr.20426

Table 2.

Predictors of the Development of Depression over One Year a

Univariate
Analyses
Multivariate Analyses
(n = 2224 observations) Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95 %CI) OR (95 %CI) OR (95 %CI) OR (95 %CI)
Sociodemographics
 Age
  Age 20-39 1.3 (0.8,2.1) 1.5 (1.0, 2.5) 2.1 (1.2, 3.5) 2.4 (1.4, 4.2)
  Age 40-59 1.6 (1.0, 2.4) 1.4 (1.0, 2.2) 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) 1.7 (1.1, 2.7)
  Age 60+ (reference)
 Gender
  Female 1.3 (0.7, 2.1) 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) 1.1 (0.6, 1.9)
  Male (reference)
 Education
  High school graduate or less 1.8 (1.0, 3.3) 1.3 (0.7, 2.4) 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 1.1 (0.5, 2.1)
  Some college 2.4 (1.5, 3.9) 2.3 (1.4, 3.6) 2.0 (1.2, 3.2) 1.8 (1.1, 3.0)
  College graduate 1.7 (0.9, 2.8) 1.7 (0.9, 2.8) 1.16 (0.9, 2.7) 1.5 (0.9, 2.6)
  Post graduate (reference)
 Living below poverty threshold 1.9 (1.3, 2.9) 1.2 (0.7, 2.0) 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.0 (0.6, 1.7)
 Race/Ethnicity
  Hispanic/Latino(a) 1.8 (1.2, 2.8) 1.6 (1.0, 2.4) 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) 1.8 (1.2, 2.8)
  African American 1.5 (0.8, 2.5) 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 1.0 (0.5, 1.9) 1.0 (0.6, 1.9)
  Asian 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) 0.7 (0.4, 1.2)
  Other 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) 0.5 (0.3, 1.0) 0.5 (0.3, 0.9)
  Caucasian (reference)
Baseline depression (CESD score) 1.2 (1.1, 1.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.2) 1.1 (1.1, 1.2)
Traditional cardiovascular risk and disease
 Heart disease 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) 1.1 (0.8, 1.6)
 History of MI b or stroke 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) 1.2 (0.8, 1.8)
 Hypertension 1.3 (0.9, 1.7) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7)
 Hypercholesterolemia 1.3 (0.9, 1.7) 1.0 (0.7, 1.5) 1.0 (0.7, 1.5)
 Diabetes 2.6 (1.7, 3.9) 1.8 (1.1, 2.7) 1.7 (1.1, 2.7)
 Family History 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) 0.9 (0.6, 1.2)
 Obesity (Body Mass Index >30) 1.6 (1.2, 2.2) 1.1 (0.8, 1.7) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6)
 History of smoking 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8)
 Current smoking 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) 1.3 (0.7, 2.1)
SLE-specific disease characteristics
 Glucocorticoid use 1.5 (1.2, 2.0) 1.2 (0.8, 1.6)
 Recent renal involvement 1.4 (1.0, 1.8) 0.9 (0.7, 1.3)
 Disease duration (years) 1.0 (0.9, 1.0) 1.0 (1.0, 1.1)
 Disease activity (SLAQc) 1.6 (1.4, 1.7) 1.2 (1.1, 1.4)

Note: Bold Font = significant at p<0.05 level

a

Depression defined as new incidence of Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression Score (CESD) at or above 23 compared to the previous annual interview

b

MI – Myocardial infarction

c

SLAQ – Systemic Lupus Activities Questionnaire per 5 unit increment