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. 2018 May 22;11:209–215. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.05.017

Table 3.

Prevalence rates and odds ratios of clinical cardiovascular risk factors and risk behaviors (smoking, drinking and sleep disorders) by depression status.

“At risk”a variable Depressedb
N = 47–56 (30,4% males)
Nondepressedb
N = 529–588 (48.8%males)
All
N = 595–644
Odds ratios for being “at risk”a by depression statusb
Prevalence rates % (n) (95%CI) Women
N = 328–340
Adjusted for age
Men
N = 302–304
Adjusted for age
All adjusted for age and gender
OR (95%CI)
Overweight or obesity 41.1 (23) (29.0–54.4) 32.8 (193) (29.1–36.7) 33.6 (216) (30.0–37.3) 2.0 (1.002–4.0) 1.0 (0.4–2.8) 1.6 (0.0–2.8)
Abdominal adiposity 41.1 (23) (29.0–54.4) 22.0 (129) (18.8–25.6) 23.9 (152) (20.8–27.4) 2.5 (1.2–4.8) 1.7 (0.5–5.5) 2.2 (1.2–3.9)
Hypertension 14.3 (8) (7–26) 9.0 (50) (6.5–11.1) 8.9 (58) (7.0–11.4) 2.4 (0.5–11.9) 3.1 (1.1–8.7) 2.8 (1.2–6.8)
Impaired fasting glucose 12.5 (7) (6.1–24.1) 11.6 (67) (9.2–14.5) 11.6 (74) (9.3–14.3) 2.4 (0.8–6.8) 0.6 (0.1–2.8) 1.4 (0.6–3.2)
Insulin resistance 37.5 (21) (25.8–50.9) 23.7 (136) (20.4–27.4) 25 (157) (21.6–28.4) 2.3 (1.1–4.6) 1.3 (0.5–4.0) 1.9 (1.1–3.5)
Hypercholesterolemia, 35.7 (20) (24.2–49.1) 24.6 (142) (21.2–28.3) 25.8 (162) (22.6–29.4) 1.8 (0.9–3.5) 0.7 (0.2–3.1) 1.5 (0.8–2.7)
Low HDL 35.7 (20) (24.2–49.1) 27.2 (157) (23.7–31.0) 28 (177) (24.7–31.6) 2.0 (1.01–4.1) 0.9 (0.3–2.7) 1.6 (0.9–2.8)
High LDL 28.6 (16) (18.2–41.8) 18.1 (104) (15.2–21.5) 19.2 (120) (16.3–22.4) 2.2 (1.04–4.5) 1.0 (0.3–3.7) 1.8 (0.9–3.3)
Hypertriglyceridemia, 23.2 (13) (13.9–36.1) 12.7 (73) (10.2–15.6) 13.6 (86) (11.2–16.5) 3.4 (1.6–7.4) 0.4 (0–05-3.0) 2.1 (1.1–4.1)
Low fitness 35.6 (16) (22.9–50.6) 20.9 (115) (17.7–24.5) 22.0 (131) (18.7–25.4) 2.5 (1.2–5.5) 1.3 (0.4–4.3) 2.0 (1.1–3.9)
Regular smoker 44.6 (25) (32.1–57.9) 32.6 (191) (28.9–36.5) 33.7 (216) (30.2–37.4) 1.4 (0.7–2.9) 3.0 (1.1–8.4) 1.9 (1.1–3.3)
Drinking, >recommendations 17.1 (8) (8.7–30.7) 17.2 (91) (14.2–20.7) 17.1 (99) (14.2–20.4) 0.9 (0.3–2.9) 1.4 (0.4–4.5) 1.1 (0.5–2.5)
Sleep disorder 60.7 (34) (47.3–72.7) 13.3 (78) (10.8–16.3) 17.4 (112) (14.7–20.6) 7.1 (3.5–14.5) 18 (6.1–52.6) 9.6 (5.2–17.4)

Varying N is explained by N = 574–577 for blood samples, N = 571 fitness N = 586 for smoking regularly, N = 587 for sleep disorder and N = 529 for risk of drinking > recommendations for the nondepressed, and by N = 55 for fitness and N = 47 for drinking disorder for depressed.

a

According to international guidelines; defined at risk if: Overweight or obese (≥25 BMI (kg/m2)), Abdominal adiposity (male: WC ≥ 94 cm, female: WC ≥ 80 cm), Hypertension: systolic BP ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 85 mm Hg, Glucose impairment: fasting glucose ≥ 5.6 mmol, Insulin resistance: (HOMA-IR) ≥ 75 sex-specific percentile of the population Hypercholesterolemia > 200 mg/Dl, Low HDL: cholesterol < 1.03 mmol/l (men) and < 1.29 mmol/l (women), High LDL: cholesterol > 130 mg/dl, Hypertriglyceridemia > 1.7 mmol/l, Low Fitness: lowest sex-specific quartile of fitness (mlO2/min/kg), Smoker: currently smoking every week or more, Drinking: more than national recommendations; men < 21, women < 14 units per week, Sleep disorder: having experienced restless or bad sleep several times a week/almost every night.

b

Mild, moderate or severe depression (MDI ≥ 20).

Significant difference between depressed/nondepressed (p ≤ 0.05).