Table 2. Mean Differences of Subclinical Measures of Atherosclerosis among participants exposed to antidepressants and CES-D symptoms.
| CES-D> 16 | Sub-Clinical Measure of Atherosclerosis | N | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum |
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| No Antidepressants & Not depressed | CCA IMT (mm) | 5578 | 0.874 | 0.195 | 0.400 | 2.453 |
| ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX | 5592 | 1.114 | 0.122 | 0.306 | 1.983 | |
| CAC Score | 5655 | 150.238 | 424.993 | 0.000 | 6315.910 | |
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| No Antidepressants & Depressed | CCA IMT (mm) | 635 | 0.858 | 0.192 | 0.470 | 1.858 |
| ANKLE-BRACHIALINDEX | 632 | 1.104 | 0.115 | 0.607 | 1.888 | |
| CAC Score | 641 | 127.418 | 394.309 | 0.000 | 4506.495 | |
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| On Antidepressants & Not depressed | CCA IMT (mm) | 379 | 0.845 | 0.183 | 0.475 | 1.625 |
| ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX | 377 | 1.122 | 0.105 | 0.712 | 1.455 | |
| CAC Score | 384 | 131.011 | 376.286 | 0.000 | 2333.970 | |
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| On Antidepressantsm & Depressed | CCA IMT (mm) | 119 | 0.852 | 0.194 | 0.530 | 1.528 |
| ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX | 119 | 1.108 | 0.125 | 0.452 | 1.500 | |
| CAC Score | 119 | 109.897 | 292.459 | 0.000 | 1697.730 | |
CES-D: Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CCA-IMT: Common Carotid Artery-Intima Media Thickness; CAC: Coronary Artery Calcification; SD: Standard Deviation