Association between Depression and C-Reactive Protein

Table 2

Multivariable Linear Mixed Model Predicting High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, SEASONS Study. Worcester MA, 1994–1998.

Overall	Coefficient	Standard Error	95% CI lower limit	95% CI upper limit
Beck Depression Inventory score—average	0.030	0.011	0.009	0.051
Beck Depression Inventory score—residual	−0.006	0.011	−0.027	0.016
Age in years	0.018	0.005	0.008	0.027
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—average	0.162	0.012	0.139	0.186
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—residual	0.111	0.051	0.012	0.211
Heart Rate beats per minute—average	0.017	0.006	0.006	0.029
Heart Rate beats per minute—residual	0.014	0.004	0.005	0.023
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—average	−0.003	0.005	−0.013	0.007
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—residual	−0.010	0.007	−0.023	0.003
Smoking	0.269	0.143	−0.012	0.549
Minor infection-inflammation	0.280	0.069	0.145	0.414
Constant	−4.894	0.646	−6.160	-3.628
Men
Beck Depression Inventory score—average	0.024	0.017	−0.009	0.058
Beck Depression Inventory score—residual	0.003	0.016	−0.029	0.034
Age in years	0.026	0.006	0.013	0.038
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—average	0.122	0.020	0.082	0.161
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—residual	−0.059	0.078	−0.211	0.093
Heart Rate beats per minute—average	0.011	0.008	−0.006	0.027
Heart Rate beats per minute—residual	0.013	0.007	0.000	0.026
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—average	−0.005	0.008	−0.022	0.012
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—residual	−0.020	0.010	−0.040	0.000
Smoking	0.174	0.188	−0.194	0.542
Minor infection—inflammation	0.375	0.097	0.185	0.565
Constant	−3.699	1.008	−5.675	1.724
Women
Beck Depression Inventory score—average	0.028	0.014	0.001	0.055
Beck Depression Inventory score—residual	−0.019	0.014	−0.046	0.008
Age in years	0.011	0.007	−0.003	0.025
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—average	0.184	0.015	0.156	0.213
Body Mass Index kg/m^2—residual	0.222	0.063	0.099	0.345
Heart Rate beats per minute—average	0.023	0.009	0.005	0.041
Heart Rate beats per minute—residual	0.020	0.006	0.009	0.031
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—average	−0.006	0.007	−0.019	0.008
HDL Cholesterol mg/dl—residual	−0.007	0.008	−0.023	0.009
Smoking	0.370	0.216	−0.053	0.794
Minor infection—inflammation	0.172	0.092	−0.008	0.352
Constant	−5.323	0.954	−7.192	−3.453