Table 3.
The Path Coefficients (in Bold) for the Direct Asssociations Between Functional Hearing and Depression by Gender and Age-Group, and the p Levels When Testing for Equality Between Coefficients Estimated for Each Gender (Column 4), Depression Variable (Column 5), and Age-Groups by Depression Variable and Gender (Bottom Rows).
| Age-groups (years) | Depressive episodes |
Depressive symptoms |
p levels (gender) |
p levels (depression) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Males | Females | Males | Depressive episodes | Depressive symptoms | Females | Males | |
| 40–40 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 0.09 | .007 | <.001 |
| 50–59 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.10 | <.001 | <.001 |
| 60–69 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.15 | <.001 | <.001 |
| p Levels (age) | ||||||||
| 40s vs. 50s | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.88 | 0.35 | ||||
| 40s vs. 60s | 0.61 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.06 | ||||
| 50s vs. 60s | 0.14 | 0.002 | 0.16 | 0.06 | ||||