Research Article

Association between Central Serous Chorioretinopathy and Risk of Depression: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 2

Analyses of risk factors for depression in patients with and without CSC.

Predictive variablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
Unadjusted HR (95% CI) valueAdjusted HR (95% CI) value

CSC (yes vs. no)1.32 (1.25–1.40)<0.00011.29 (1.22–1.34)<0.0001
Age
30–40ReferenceReference
40–501.04 (0.98–1.10)0.241.08 (1.02–1.15)0.01
50–601.30 (1.21–1.39)<0.00011.23 (1.14–1.33)<0.0001
60–701.61 (1.46–1.77)<0.00011.33 (1.20–1.47)<0.0001
≥702.17 (1.94–2.43)<0.00011.61 (1.42–1.83)<0.0001
Gender (male vs. female)0.66 (0.62–0.69)<0.00010.68 (0.65–0.72)<0.0001
Charlson comorbidity index
<2ReferenceReference
≥21.49 (1.39–1.60)<0.00011.17 (1.08–1.27)0.0001
Insurance cost
<30000 NTDReferenceReference
≥30000 NTD0.67 (0.64–0.71)<0.00010.76 (0.72–0.81)<0.0001
Urbanization level
UrbanReferenceReference
Rural0.94 (0.86–1.04)0.250.98 (0.93–1.04)0.55
Hypertension (yes vs. no)1.40 (1.31–1.48)<0.00011.01 (0.94–1.09)0.78
Peptic ulcer (yes vs. no)1.90 (1.76–2.04)<0.00011.53 (1.41–1.66)<0.0001
Smoking (yes vs. no)1.66 (1.54–1.79)<0.00011.20 (1.10–1.31)<0.0001

CSC indicates central serous chorioretinopathy, NTD indicates New Taiwan Dollar, HR indicates hazard ratio, and CI indicates confidence interval. In the multivariable analysis, all the other variables in the table are included for adjustment.