Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in African American Individuals

Table 3

Relationship between depressive symptoms and traditional CVD risk factors while controlling for socioeconomic status.

	𝑅^2𝐻0	𝑅^2𝐻1	β (s.e.)	Wald test statistic	df	𝑃-value
Body-mass index (kg/m^2)	0.01	0.02	0.01 (0.007)	2.17	1	0.14
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.08	0.10	0.02 (0.008)	5.24	1	0.02
Body-fat%	0.01	0.03	0.02 (0.007)	4.95	1	0.03
Heart rate (beats/min)	0.01	0.01	0.01 (0.008)	2.15	1	0.14
Systolic BP (mmHg)	0.06	0.06	0.01 (0.007)	0.94	1	0.33
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	0.04	0.04	0.01 (0.007)	0.02	1	0.89
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.02	0.03	0.01 (0.008)	1.99	1	0.16
HDL (mg/dL)	0.02	0.03	0.01 (0.007)	2.16	1	0.14
LDL (mg/dL)	0.03	0.03	0.01 (0.008)	0.03	1	0.86
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.02	0.04	0.02 (0.008)	4.12	1	0.04
Glucose (mg/dL)	0.03	0.04	0.01 (0.008)	0.97	1	0.25
Current smoker	N/A	N/A	0.06 (0.018)	10.92	1	<0.01

𝑅²𝐻₀: Regression model includes income, education, and employment status; 𝑅²𝐻₁: Regression model includes income, education, employment status, and score on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; N/A: Not applicable since current smoker is a binary variable, and therefore a logistic regression model was fitted; Traditional CVD risk factors were modeled separately; BP: blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.