Table 3.

The association between cfPWV and depressive symptoms stratified by age and sex

	Age ≤ 60 years; rate ratio (95% CI)		Age > 60 years; rate ratio (95% CI)
Model*	Men (n = 582)	Women (n = 722)	Men (n = 761)	Women (n = 579)
Model 1	1.28 (1.11–1.48)	1.13 (1.03–1.23)	1.12 (1.01–1.23)	1.02 (0.93–1.12)
Model 2	1.22 (1.04–1.42)	1.09 (0.996–1.21)	1.07 (0.96–1.20)	0.98 (0.90–1.07)
Model 3	1.28 (1.09–1.52)	1.12 (0.996–1.25)	1.04 (0.92–1.17)	1.00 (0.90–1.11)
Model 4†	1.28 (1.09–1.52)	1.11 (0.99–1.23)	0.96 (0.84–1.08)	1.00 (0.90–1.12)

CI = confidence interval.

^*Model 1 = crude; Model 2 = adjusted for age, type 2 diabetes; Model 3 = additionally adjusted for mean arterial pressure; Model 4 = additionally adjusted for heart rate, body mass index, lipid medication, smoking, alcohol use, prior cardiovascular disease and hypertension.

^†A total of 90 participants equally distributed among the groups had missing values on covariates and dropped out of the analyses.