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Published in final edited form as: Int J Ment Health Addict. 2021 Jan 4;20(3):1465–1484. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00455-1

Table 2:

Depression and log-transformed relative leukocyte telomere length

Cohorts Depression N Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

% Difference (95% CI) P-value % Difference (95% CI) P-value % Difference (95% CI) P-value % Difference (95% CI) P-value

BWHS No 635 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 341 −0.6 (−9.2, 8.2) 0.89 0.0 (−8.7, 9.6) 0.99 −0.1 (−8.8, 9.5) 0.99 1.9 (−7.0, 11.6) 0.69
MASALA No 425 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 48 2.4 (−15.0, 23.6) 0.80 0.8 (−16.8, 22.1) 0.94 −0.7 (−18.0, 20.2) 0.94 3.7 (−14.7, 26.0) 0.71
NHSII No 900 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 84 13.5 (−2.5, 32.3) 0.10 12.9 (−3.2, 31.8) 0.12 9.5 (−6.0, 27.5) 0.64 10.7 (−5.2, 29.2) 0.20
SHS No 328 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 147 4.8 (−12.4, 25.2) 0.61 −6.6 (−23.5, 14.0) 0.50 −5.2 (−22.3, 15.7) 0.60 −5.3 (−22.8, 16.1) 0.60
Pooled No 2288 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 620 3.2 (−3.9, 10.5) 0.37 2.0 (−4.9, 9.4) 0.63 1.0 (−5.8, 8.3) 0.76 3.0 (−3.9, 10.5) 0.41
P-het 0.53 0.46 0.67 0.67

BWHS

Model 1: Adjusted for agêModel 2: Model 1 plus employment status, income, and educational attainment; Model 3: Model 2 plus BMI, alternative healthy eating index with alcohol, and physical activity; Model 4: Model 3 plus the presence of hypertension and use of antidepressants.

MASALA

Model 1: Adjusted for age; Model 2: gender, employment status, income, and educational attainment; Model 3: Model 2 plus BMI, alternative health eating index, and physical activity; Model 4: Model 3 plus the presence of hypertension and use of antidepressants.

NHSII

Model 1 adjusted for age; Model 2: Model 1 plus employment status, and income; Model 3: Model 2 plus BMI, alternative health eating index, and physical activity; Model 4: Model 3 plus the presence of hypertension and use of antidepressants.

SHS

Model 1: Adjusted for age; Model 2: Model 1 plus gender, income, and educational attainment; Model 3: Model 2 plus BMI, alternative healthy eating index, and physical activity; Model 4: Model 3 plus the presence of hypertension, and use of antidepressants

P-het: p-value for heterogeneity between studies