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. 2019 Nov 15;86(10):759–768. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.06.011

Table 1.

Associations Between Measures of Depressive Symptoms and Behavioral Variables

Category Dependent Variable Factor
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal Slope
Mean
Variability
Beta/Log(OR) pcorr Beta/Log(OR) pcorr Beta/Log(OR) pcorr Beta/Log(OR) pcorr
Mental Health Neuroticism .524a <1 × 10−30a .081a 3.17 × 10−7a .567a,b <1 × 10−30a .399a <1 × 10−30a
Age of onset for depression −.056a 2.39 × 10−8a −.048 .052 −.065a,b 2.05 × 10−10a −.061a 2.10 × 10−9a
Sociodemographics Household income −.11a <1 × 10−30a .035 .056 −.142a,b <1 × 10−30a −.125a <1 × 10−30a
Education .057 .095 −.054 .604 .054 .118 .002 .953
Townsend index tertile −.058a 7.04 × 10−11a −8.48 × 10−4 .970 −.079a,b 2.17 × 10−19a −.049a 1.20 × 10−8a
Lifestyle Measures Insomnia .207a <1 × 10−30a .017 .424 .222a,b <1 × 10−30a .154a <1 × 10−30a
Smoking status .056a 4.34 × 10−14a 5.50 × 10−4 .970 .075a,b 1.03 × 10−23a .05a 1.35 × 10−9a
Physical Measures Body mass index .097a <1 × 10−30a −.014 .520 .129a,b <1 × 10−30a .096a <1 × 10−30a
Ever pain last month .195a <1 × 10−30a .01 .604 .216a,b <1 × 10−30a .145a <1 × 10−30a
Hand grip strength −.039a 5.68 × 10−16a .026a .043a −.048a,b 3.20 × 10−23a −.034a 1.32 × 10−10a
Cognition g.Cognition (total) −.043a .001a .045 .305 −.063a 3.81 × 10−6a −.081a,b 1.28 × 10−7a
g.Cognition (processing speed) −.058a 9.78 × 10−8a .036 .305 −.077a 3.54 × 10−12a −.084a,b 7.44 × 10−12a

g.Cognition, general variance of cognitive tests; OR, odds ratio.

a

Items that showed significant associations with any of the measures for depressive symptoms.

b

The greatest effect sizes across all 4 measures for each line.