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 | |||
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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