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. 2022 Jul 19;13:794351. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.794351

TABLE 3.

Binary logistic regression to differentiate between patients with masculine depression and those with non-masculine depression.

Body measure, serum lipid level, or suicidal thoughts Sex BDI-II Age




N B Wald p B Wald p B Wald p B Wald p
Patients with Masculine Depression vs. Patients with Non-Masculine Depression
BMI (kg/m2) 161 0.005 0.0 0.902 0.642 2.7 0.100 0.092 21.9 <0.001* –0.051 14.6 <0.001*
Body fat (%) 158 –0.005 0.0 0.860 0.556 1.3 0.251 0.095 22.4 <0.001* –0.047 12.8 <0.001*
Body muscles (%) 157 0.023 0.2 0.648 0.495 0.8 0.383 0.096 22.4 <0.001* –0.048 12.1 0.001*
Resting metabolism (kcal) 158 0.001 1.6 0.206 0.118 0.0 0.830 0.097 22.7 <0.001* –0.047 12.9 <0.001*
Visceral fat (%) 158 –0.013 0.1 0.819 0.649 2.3 0.131 0.094 22.3 <0.001* –0.046 9.6 0.002*
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 161 0.000 0.0 0.896 0.630 2.4 0.125 0.092 21.9 <0.001* –0.050 15.0 <0.001*
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 161 0.002 0.2 0.687 0.656 2.8 0.093 0.092 21.9 <0.001* –0.052 14.4 <0.001*
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 161 0.007 0.3 0.608 0.726 3.0 0.084 0.093 22.1 <0.001* –0.051 15.3 <0.001*
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 161 0.001 0.1 0.784 0.643 2.7 0.099 0.092 21.8 <0.001* –0.051 14.3 <0.001*
LDL/HDL ratio 161 –0.067 0.3 0.561 0.719 3.1 0.079 0.094 22.1 <0.001* –0.050 14.7 <0.001*
Suicidal thoughts (no vs. yes) 142 0.774 3.2 0.074 1.020 4.9 0.027 0.096 18.2 <0.001* –0.050 11.8 0.001*

The table shows the valid number of subjects analyzed (N) and the results of binary logistic regression analyses. BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; BMI, body mass index; HDL cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. p < 0.05 in bold, *also significant in bootstrap analysis. Coding: Patients with Non-Masculine Depression = 0 vs. Patients with Masculine Depression = 1; suicidal thoughts no = 0 vs. yes = 1; women = 0 vs. men = 1.