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. 2017 Oct 25;17:354. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1515-8

Table 2.

Linear regression models for the association between depression and antidepressant use with IL6 methylation at CpG 2

Characteristics Unadjusted associationsa Adjusted associations Multivariate adjusted model
β (SE) p β (SE) p β (SE) p
Depression −0.018 (0.009) 0.033 −0.024 (0.009) 0.006 −0.028 (0.009) 0.003
Antidepressants 0.032 (0.019) 0.090 0.046 (0.019) 0.015 0.046 (0.019) 0.017
Female Sex 0.003 (0.008) 0.71
Living alone 0.010 (0.010) 0.29
Cognitive impairment 0.004 (0.019) 0.83

β the beta coefficient from the linear regression model, SE standard error

aDepression and antidepressant use considered independently in separate models