Personality Profiles Identify Depressive Symptoms over Ten Years? A Population-Based Study
Table 3
Results of logistic regression where temperament or character profile was the independent variable and binary BDI-II depression score (not depressed = 0 and >13 = 1) the dependent variable.
All %
Women %
Men %
Odds ratio (All)
CI (All)
(All)
Odds ratio (women)
CI (women)
(women)
Odds ratio (men)
CI (men)
(men)
Temperament
NHR—sensitive
25.9
24.5
45.5
5.78
2.58–12.95
.000
4.74
1.90–11.78
.001
20.01
3.06–130.92
.002
NHr—explosive
17.8
16.9
18.8
3.89
1.63–9.31
.002
3.09
1.06–9.04
.040
6.71
1.33–33.75
.021
NhR—passionate
6.1
5.8
6.8
1.06
.43–2.59
.907
.89
.31–2.53
.822
1.60
.27–9.28
.603
Nhr—adventurous
6.7
8.1
5.3
1.24
.47–3.26
.658
1.31
.40–4.24
.657
1.36
.24–7.81
.733
nHR—cautious
18.0
19.8
7.1
3.65
1.63–8.17
.002
3.62
1.46–9.01
.006
1.98
.26–15.22
.511
nHr—methodical
11.3
12.4
10.2
2.23
.98–5.07
.057
2.11
.78–5.69
.139
2.54
.54–12.04
.240
nhR—reliable
5.6
6.5
3.9
reference
reference
reference
nhr—independent
6.3
8.1
5.4
1.21
.47–3.12
.694
1.29
.37–4.43
.691
1.32
.25–6.91
.743
Character
SCT—creative
7.5
8.4
3.9
1.58
.75–3.34
.231
1.73
.72–4.12
.218
1.00
.17–5.70
.997
SCt—organized
4.5
5.1
3.7
reference
reference
reference
ScT—fanatical
14.8
12.5
19.0
3.59
1.43–8.99
.006
2.72
.84–8.86
.096
6.48
1.44–29.16
.015
Sct—autocratic
4.5
5.5
3.8
1.06
.39–2.90
.914
1.08
.28–4.26
.908
.93
.20–4.31
.924
sCT—moody
18.4
18.9
16.0
4.43
2.15–9.11
.000
4.44
1.90–10.38
.001
4.65
1.06–20.44
.042
sCt—dependent
14.7
16.4
10.0
3.46
1.45–8.25
.005
3.65
1.33–10.05
.012
2.78
.47–16.56
.263
scT—disorganized
20.7
23.9
14.3
5.56
2.86–10.81
.000
6.16
2.75–13.80
.000
4.72
1.43–15.56
.011
sct—depressive
14.5
17.5
11.6
3.83
1.92–7.62
.000
4.01
1.69–9.50
.002
3.56
1.12–11.31
.031
Depression measured by Beck's original depression index (BDI-II). Odds ratio and value based on binary logistic regression where depression (0 or 1) was the the outcome and personality profile the predictor. Odds ratios based on combined sample of men and women cohort and sex were controlled in the regression analysis. Birth year was not controlled when calculating the percentages.
