Table 4.

Relationship between depressive symptoms and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis

Data are presented as odds ratio (95% CI). ^*Unadjusted; ^†Adjusted for age, educational level, and marital status; ^‡Further adjusted for smoking status, alcohol intake, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, uric acid high-sensitive C-reactive protein, and antihypertensive and antidiabetic medications plus model 2. C-IMT, carotid intima-media thickness; CES-D, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression.