Clinical Study

Microbleeds in Late-Life Depression: Comparison of Early- and Late-Onset Depression

Table 2

Logistic regressions about the determinants of LOD.

OR (95% CI)

Model 1
 Female1.390 (0.703–2.749)0.344
 Grade of PWMH1.141 (0.711–1.830)0.586
 Grade of DWMH1.866 (1.132–3.076)0.014
 Prevalence of SBI1.980 (0.999–3.924)0.050
 Prevalence of microbleeds in any region1.593 (0.750–3.383)0.225
Model 2
 Prevalence of SBI1.969 (0.986–3.935)0.055
 Prevalence of microbleeds in the left hemisphere2.660 (1.122–6.309)0.026
Model 3
 Prevalence of SBI1.916 (0.962–3.818)0.065
 Prevalence of lobar microbleeds2.502 (1.044–5.997)0.040

Results about sex and WMH in Models 2 and 3 were similar to those in Model 1 and thus were not shown here. Abbreviations were explained below Table 1.