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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2014 Jan 17;123:223–230. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.10.014

Table 4.

Regression coefficients of individual models predicting global, affective, and somatic depressive symptoms from continuous allostatic load components, overall allostatic load summary score, and other covariates in final sample (sample size varies).

Global Depressive Symptoms Model N/R2 Log (Affective Symptom Sub-scale Score) Model N/R2 Somatic Symptom Sub-Scale Factor Score Model N/R2
Coefficient (95% CI)a Coefficient (95% CI)a Coefficient (95% CI)a
Initial Modelb Allostatic Load 1.47 (0.64, 2.30) 124/11.3 0.18 (0.078, 0.28) 125/9.6 0.68 (0.33, 1.04) 123/12.4
Diurnal cortisol slope 72.98 (14.77, 131.20) 122/6.5 4.46 (−0.038, 8.95) 125/3.4 31.72 (5.61, 57.82) 122/6.5
IL-6
IGF-1
−0.12 (−0.78, 0.55) 123/2.0 −0.0053 (−0.088, 0.078) 125/0.4 0.048 (−0.25, 0.35) 123/2.1
Resting Heart Rate −0.019 (−0.06, 0.02) 124/3.1 −0.0027 (−0.0072, 0.0017) 125/1.6 −0.0071 (−0.023, 0.009) 123/2.7
Waist-to-hip Ratio 0.11 (−0.02, 0.24) 123/4.1 0.017 (0.00084, 0.033) 125/3.8 0.046 (−0.012, 0.10) 123/4.0
Systolic BP
Diastolic BP
16.62 (0.29, 31.18) 122/5.1 1.74 (−0.34, 3.82) 125/2.6 9.67 (2.36, 16.97) 123/7.3
0.030 (−0.065, 0.12) 123/2.2 0.0093 (−0.0023, 0.021) 125/2.4 0.0094 (−0.032, 0.051) 123/2.2
0.067 (−0.11, 0.25) 123/2.3 0.013 (−0.009, 0.035) 125/1.5 0.012 (−0.069, 0.092) 123/2.1

Final Modelc Allostatic Load 1.21 (0.38, 2.05) 124/20.2 0.14 (0.040, 0.24) 125/19.9 0.60 (0.23, 0.97) 123/17.7
Diurnal cortisol slope 72.05 (14.71, 129.40) 122/16.6 4.12 (−0.22, 8.46) 125/17.2 30.84 (4.76, 56.91) 122/14.3
IL-6
IGF-1
−0.10 (−0.76, 0.55) 123/12.3 −0.0043 (−0.084, 0.076) 125/14.7 0.067 (−0.23, 0.36) 123/10.5
Resting Heart Rate −0.0077 (−0.044, 0.028) 124/14.6 −0.0013 (−0.0056, 0.0030) 125/15 −0.0036 (−0.019, 0.012) 123/10.5
Waist-to-hip Ratio 0.093 (−0.040, 0.22) 123/13.8 0.014 (−0.0016, 0.030) 125/16.9 0.036 (−0.022, 0.094) 123/11.5
Systolic BP
Diastolic BP
15.46 (−1.18, 32.10) 122/14.9 1.33 (−0.71, 3.37) 125/15.9 8.39 (0.97, 15.81) 123/14.1
0.025 (−0.069, 0.12) 123/12.4 0.0088 (−0.0024, 0.020) 125/16.4 0.0059 (−0.036, 0.048) 123/10.4
0.10 (−0.080, 0.28) 123/13.2 0.016 (−0.0053, 0.038) 125/16.3 0.026 (−0.056, 0.11) 123/10.7
a

Bold coefficients signify two-sided significance at 0.05 level

b

Initial model covariates include: age and sex

c

Final model covariates include: age, sex, educational attainment, estimated annual income, physical activity, and antidepressant medication usage