Table 5.

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

	Men		Women
	Total cancer	Prostate cancer	Total cancer	Breast cancer	Cervical cancer	Endometrial ca	Ovarian cancer
Severe depression	1.10 (1.02–1.18)	1.23 (0.94–1.60)	0.81 (0.69–0.96)	0.79 (0.58–1.08)	0.69 (0.36–1.33)	1.11 (0.45–2.71)	1.14 (0.54–2.43)
Moderate depression	1.03 (0.99–1.08)	1.09 (0.93–1.27)	0.93 (0.84–1.02)	1.05 (0.89–1.23)	0.62 (0.41–0.93)	0.56 (0.27–1.14)	0.99 (0.62–1.60)
Mild depression	1.04 (1.01–1.07)	1.19 (1.08–1.32)	0.98 (0.92–1.05)	0.90 (0.79–1.03)	0.88 (0.68–1.15)	1.08 (0.72–1.63)	1.37 (0.99–1.89)
Some depression	1.02 (0.99–1.06)	1.07 (0.96–1.19)	1.00 (0.91–1.09)	0.97 (0.81–1.15)	1.32 (0.98–1.78)	1.17 (0.70–1.97)	1.00 (0.62–1.63)
p-for-trend	0.0483	0.0931	0.0446	0.3549	0.1438	0.6827	0.6709

adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking, exercise, BMl, cholesterol, blood sugar, hypertension, and cancer family history.

Severe depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (at least 7 positive answers among 9 items).

Moderate depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (5~6 positive answers among 9 items).

Mild depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (3~4 positive answers among 9 items).

Some depression: (item 1 or item 2) and (1~2 positive answers among 9 items).

Reference: No depression (not item 1) and (not item 2).