Table 2.

Descriptive and average posterior probabilities (APP) for the trajectories (n = 3040)

Trajectories of depressive symptoms	N (%)	APP (sd)	Parameters	Parameter Estimates
				B	(se)	p-value
1 “Low” depressive symptoms	1109 (36.5)	0.84 (0.14)	Intercept	3.210	(0.148)	< 0.001
			Linear	−0.085	(0.011)	< 0.001
			Quadratic	0.003	(0.000)	< 0.001
2 ‘Moderate low” depressive symptoms	1219 (40.1)	0.78 (0.14)	Intercept	5.687	(0.196)	< 0.001
			Linear	−0.068	(0.013)	< 0.001
			Quadratic	0.024	(0.002)	< 0.001
			Cubic	−0.000	(0.000)	< 0.001
3 “Increasing” depressive symptoms	298 (9.8)	0.73 (0.17)	Intercept	10.232	(0.375)	< 0.001
			Linear	0.155	(0.021)	< 0.00
4 “Decreasing-persistent” depressive symptoms	294 (9.7)	0.72 (0.17)	Intercept	11.248	(0.392)	< 0.001
			Linear	−0.381	(0.052)	< 0.001
			Quadratic	0.040	(0.006)	< 0.001
			Cubic	−0.001	(0.000)	< 0.001
5 “High chronic” depressive symptoms	120 (3.9)	0.90 (0.15)	Intercept	15.911	(0.379)	< 0.001
			Linear	−0.033	(0.042)	0.432
			Quadratic	0.040	(0.007)	< 0.001
			Cubic	−0.001	(0.000)	< 0.001