Clinical Study

Depressive Symptoms in a General Population: Associations with Obesity, Inflammation, and Blood Pressure

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis for the association of certain parameters with individuals consulting a physician, by gender.

TotalMenWomen
OR 95% CIOR 95% CIOR 95% CI

Model 1184/191942/963142/956

Female gender3.982.76; 5.76
Age, 11 years0.950.79; 1.121.180.88; 1.610.860.70; 1.06
Body mass index, 5 kg/m21.070.93; 1.240.920.62; 1.361.100.94; 1.29
Systolic b. pressure, 20 mmHg0.750.63; 0.920.800.56; 1.170.750.62; 0.94

Model 2147/159436/822111/772

Female gender3.392.02; 5.68
Age, 11 years0.910.75; 1.101.090.76; 1.560.840.66; 1.06
Body mass index, 5 kg/m21.050.89; 1.230.940.61; 1.461.070.89; 1.28
Systolic b. pressure, 20 mmHg0.750.62; 0.940.750.51; 1.130.790.62; 1.00
Fasting glucose, 40 mg/dL0.960.82; 1.171.080.79; 1.430.920.76; 1.17
Current versus never smoking0.800.40; 1.600.970.40; 2.350.950.25; 3.59
Antihypert. drug use, yes/no1.230.82; 1.851.990.91; 4.341.050.65; 1.68
Lipid-lower. drug use, yes/no0.920.48; 1.750.900.26; 3.150.900.43; 1.90

number of consulters/total number.
Antihypertensive/lipid-lowering drug usage in 523/136 men and women, respectively.
Significant values are highlighted in boldface.