Table 4.
Association between elevated depressive symptoms and brain volume
| MRI outcome measure | Model 1* |
Model 2** |
p for interaction term between APOE4 status and elevated depressive symptoms |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | p | B | SE | p | ||
| Total cerebral brain volume | −5.836 | 6.194 | 0.346 | −5.050 | 6.315 | 0.424 | 0.322 |
| Frontal lobe brain volumea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.818 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.852 | 0.472 |
| Temporal lobe brain volumea | 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.027 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.112 | 0.827 |
| Hippocampal brain volumea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.142 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.249 | 0.509 |
| Left hippocampal brain volumea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.092 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.161 | 0.237 |
| Right hippocampal brain volumea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.279 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.445 | 0.944 |
| White matter hyperintensity volume | 0.004 | 0.166 | 0.978 | 0.086 | 0.168 | 0.605 | 0.805 |
| Model 1* |
Model 2** |
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| C-statistic | OR (95% CI) | p | C-statistic | OR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Extensive white matter hyperintensity volume (yes versus no) | 0.593 | 1.310 (0.823–2.083) |
0.254 | 0.635 | 1.137 (0.700–1.846) |
0.603 | |
Expressed as a percentage of total cerebrum cranial volume.
Adjusted for age, sex, education, and time between CES-D and MRI.
Additional adjustments for hypertension, history of diabetes, current smoking, any alcohol use, history of cardiovascular disease, and APOE4 status. Two-sided significance set at p < 0.01.