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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2014 Nov 7;173:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.064

Table 3.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for associations between cancer subtypes diagnosed between 1993 and 2012, major depression, and minor depression in 1992.

Major depression
(ref: everybody else)
Number of cancer
morbidity at
follow-up
Number with
major depression
Major depression
Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Major depression
Men
 Total cancer 49,744 3661 1.05 (1.02–1.09) 1.09 (1.06–1.13) 1.05 (1.02–1.09) 1.05 (1.02–1.09) 1.05 (1.01–1.09)
 Prostate cancer (C61) 3811 260 1.01 (0.99–1.14) 1.07 (0.94–1.21) 1.12 (0.98–1.27) 1.12 (0.98–1.27) 1.13 (0.98–1.29)
Women
 Total cancer 7860 751 0.93 (0.86–1.01) 0.92 (0.85–1.00) 0.93 (0.86–1.00) 0.93 (0.86–1.00) 0.90 (0.83–0.98)
 Breast cancer(C50) 2244 234 1.00 (0.88–1.15) 1.00 (0.87–1.15) 1.00 (0.87–1.14) 1.00 (0.87–1.14) 0.98 (0.98–1.14)
 Cervical cancer(C53) 588 141 0.73 (0.54–1.00) 0.72 (0.53–0.99) 0.72 (0.53–0.98) 0.72 (0.52–0.98) 0.63 (0.45–0.90)
 Endometrial cancer (C54) 203 47 0.77 (0.46–1.29) 0.76 (0.45–1.27) 0.77 (0.46–1.30) 0.77 (0.46–1.30) 0.69 (0.39–1.21)
 Ovarian cancer (C56) 300 75 1.11 (0.76–1.62) 1.10 (0.76–1.60) 1.10 (0.76–1.60) 1.11 (0.76–1.61) 1.03 (0.68–1.56)
Minor depression
Men
 Total cancer 49,744 11,447 1.29 (1.26–1.31) 1.06 (1.04–1.09) 1.04 (1.01–1.06) 1.03 (1.01–1.06) 1.03 (1.01–1.06)
 Prostate cancer (C61) 3811 983 1.48 (1.38–1.60) 1.11 (1.03–1.19) 1.13 (1.05–1.22) 1.14 (1.06–1.22) 1.13 (1.05–1.23)
Women
 Total cancer 7860 1719 1.02 (0.97–1.08) 1.00 (0.95–1.06) 1.00 (0.95–1.06) 1.00 (0.95–1.06) 0.99 (0.93–1.05)
 Breast cancer(C50) 2244 448 0.92 (0.82–1.02) 0.92 (0.83–1.02) 0.92 (0.83–1.02) 0.92 (0.83–1.02) 0.92 (0.82–1.03)
 Cervical cancer(C53) 588 403 1.12 (0.92–1.36) 1.10 (0.91–1.33) 1.10 (0.91–1.33) 1.10 (0.91–1.33) 1.03 (0.84–1.27)
 Endometrial cancer (C54) 203 140 1.07 (0.77–1.49) 1.07 (0.77–1.49) 1.08 (0.78–1.51) 1.08 (0.78–1.51) 1.11 (0.79–1.57)
 Ovarian cancer (C56) 300 193 1.24 (0.95–1.62) 1.23 (0.94–1.61) 1.22 (0.94–1.60) 1.22 (0.94–1.60) 1.24 (0.93–1.64)

Model 1: adjusted for age, marital status, SES (demographics).

Model 2: adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking, exercise, BMl (demographics+health behaviors).

Model 3: adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking, exercise, BMI, cholesterol, blood sugar, hypertension (demos+health behaviors+biological indicators of subclinical illness).

Model 4: adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking, exercise, BMI, cholesterol, blood sugar, hypertension, and cancer family history (demos+health behaviors+biological indicators of subclinical illness + genetic liability).