The prevalence of depressive symptoms in Chinese longevous persons and its correlation with vitamin D status

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Significant associates for depressive symptoms by multivariate logistic regression

Characteristics	β	OR	95% CI	P
Vitamin D deficiency	0.386	1.47	1.08–2.00	0.014
Age	0.020	1.02	0.97–1.08	0.470
Females	0.600	1.82	1.10–3.03	0.021
Han ethnic	−0.156	0.86	0.53–1.39	0.529
Illiterate	0.927	2.53	1.26–5.05	0.009
Living with families	−0.541	0.58	0.38–0.90	0.015
Relatives contacts	−0.501	0.61	0.45–0.82	0.001
Friends contacts	−0.189	0.83	0.60–1.15	0.255
BMI	0.028	1.03	0.98–1.08	0.251
SBP	−0.004	1.00	0.99–1.00	0.266
DBP	0.003	1.00	0.99–1.02	0.652
TG	−0.163	0.85	0.67–1.07	0.165
TC	0.123	1.13	0.96–1.33	0.146
FBG	−0.040	0.96	0.89–1.04	0.320
ALB	0.006	1.01	0.96–1.05	0.785
Hb	0.009	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.100
eGFR	−0.001	1.00	0.99–1.00	0.708
Current smoker	−0.468	0.63	0.26–1.52	0.300
Current alcohol drinker	0.239	1.27	0.72–2.23	0.407
Current tea drinker	−0.127	0.88	0.54–1.44	0.615
Frequent milk drinking	−0.124	0.88	0.62–1.25	0.487
Frequent fish intake	0.002	1.00	0.73–1.38	0.991
Frequent fruit intake	0.049	0.95	0.69–1.32	0.767
ADL impairments	0.944	2.57	1.81–3.65	< 0.001
Outdoor activities > 1 h/d	−0.011	0.99	0.71–1.37	0.948
Visual impairments	0.170	1.19	0.81–1.73	0.376
Auditory impairments	0.032	1.03	0.72–1.49	0.864

Abbreviation: β logistic regression coefficient, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, FBG fasting blood glucose, ALB albumin, Hb hemoglobin, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ADL activity of daily living

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