Table 2. Pearson Correlation Coefficients between Continuous Covariates in MDD and Control Subjects.
| MDD | log (Telomere Southern length) |
log (Telomere PCR length) |
log (Telomerase activity) |
MADRS Total |
sqrt (ICG Total) |
sqrt (TEQ weighted) |
sqrt (CIRS Total) |
sqrt (ETISR # yes) |
sqrt (Pack years smoking) |
PSS Total | BMI | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | ||||||||||||
| Log (Telomere Southern length) | -- | 0.29** | -0.01 | -0.03 | 0.07 | <0.01 | -0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | -0.14* | <0.01 | <0.01 |
| Log (Telomere PCR length) | 0.08 | -- | 0.20** | -0.04 | -0.02 | -0.10 | < -0.01 | -0.06 | 0.06 | < -0.01 | -0.23** | -0.24** |
| Log (Telomerase activity) | 0.07 | -0.06 | -- | -0.01 | -0.13 | 0.01 | <0.01 | < -0.01 | -0.03 | 0.02 | -0.03 | <0.01 |
| MADRS Total | 0.01 | -0.03 | -0.06 | -- | 0.18** | 0.21** | -0.03 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0.37** | 0.04 | 0.17** |
| sqrt (ICG Total) | 0.05 | < -0.01 | 0.02 | 0.22** | -- | 0.38** | 0.07 | 0.28** | -0.10 | 0.15* | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| sqrt (TEQ weighted) | -0.03 | -0.02 | 0.02 | < -0.01 | 0.27** | -- | 0.21** | 0.64** | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.17* | 0.23** |
| sqrt (CIRS Total) | <0.01 | -0.06 | -0.08 | 0.21** | 0.10 | 0.37** | -- | 0.08 | 0.15 | -0.01 | 0.02 | 0.33** |
| sqrt (ETISR # yes) | 0.09 | -0.07 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.20** | 0.56** | 0.31** | -- | 0.08 | 0.15* | -0.02 | 0.04 |
| Sqrt (Pack years smoking) | -0.10 | -0.23** | -0.06 | -0.06 | -0.03 | 0.27** | 0.26** | 0.22** | -- | -0.03 | 0.02 | 0.18* |
| PSS Total | -0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.33** | 0.38** | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.21** | -0.03 | -- | 0.14* | -0.03 |
| BMI | 0.10 | -0.04 | -0.12 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.22** | 0.15** | 0.19** | 0.03 | -0.09 | -- | 0.25** |
| Age | -0.05 | -0.16* | -0.07 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.21** | 0.32** | 0.10 | 0.33** | -0.24** | 0.23** | -- |
**
p<0.05;
*
0.05≤p<0.10; bolded correlation coefficients had a p<0.10