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. 2016 Jan 8;6:18951. doi: 10.1038/srep18951

Table 4. Odds ratios of high level of depressive symptoms* for intermediate and ideal global, behavioural and biological Cardiovascular Health.

Outcomes OR Unadjusted [95% CI] p-value OR Model 1 [95% CI] p-value OR Model 2 [95% CI] p-value OR Model 3 [95% CI] p-value
All 7 items
 Poor (0–2) 1     1     1     1    
 Intermediate (3–4) 0.95 [0.82–1.10] 0.50 0.81 [0.70–0.94] 0.006 0.78 [0.67–0.91] 0.001 0.70 [0.58–0.83] =0.001
 Ideal (5–7) 1.01 [0.79–1.28] 0.92 0.71 [0.56–0.90] 0.001 0.70 [0.55–0.90] 0.004 0.56 [0.41–0.75] <0.001
Behavioural component
 Poor (0–1) 1     1     1     1    
 Intermediate (2) 0.81 [0.69–0.95] 0.01 0.71 [0.61–0.85] <0.001 0.72 [0.61–0.85] <0.001 0.66 [0.55–0.78] <0.001
 Ideal (3–4) 0.71 [0.59–0.86] <0.001 0.55 [0.45–0.66] <0.001 0.53 [0.44–0.65] <0.001 0.40 [0.32–0.51] <0.001
Biological component
 Poor (0–1) 1     1     1     1    
 Intermediate (2) 1.16 [0.99–1.37] 0.06 0.98 [0.83–1.15] 0.79 0.97 [0.82–1.15] 0.78 1.11 [0.72–1.17] 0.61
 Ideal (3) 1.10 [0.78–1.56] 0.56 0.97 [0.68–1.38] 0.87 1.00 [0.70–1.43] 0.96 1.02 [0.84–1.25] 0.77

Model 1 Adjusted for Age and Gender; Model 2 : Model 1 plus education and living alone; Model 3 : Model 2 plus number of health metrics at the intermediate level.

*High Level of Depressive Symptoms defined as Questionnaire of Depression 2nd version, Abridged ≥7 or being under antidepressant.

p-value for polytomous logistic regression.

Odds ratio obtained by polytomous logistic regression.