Mid-life predictors of late-life depressive symptoms; determining risk factors spanning two decades in the Women’s Heathy Ageing Project

Table 6 Multivariate analysis of 2002 variables and 2012 CESD scores

Variable (2002)	Beta (95%CI)	p-value
Age	0.05 (− 0.00, 0.09)	0.053
Positive Mood Score	−0.29 (− 0.50, − 0.08)	*0.007*
BMI	0.01 (− 0.01, 0.04)	0.316
Attitude Toward Ageing	−0.01 (− 0.07, 0.05)	0.669
Attitude Toward Menopause	0.02 (− 0.03, 0.07)	0.365
Daily Hassles Severity	0.03 (− 0.01, 0.05)	*0.002*
Bothersome Symptoms Frequency	0.01 (− 0.03, 0.05)	0.662

CI Confidence Intervals; bold, italicised – significant; Gamma regression was used to derive estimates; All models were adjusted for education, work status, positive affect, marital status and self-rated health

ISSN: 2054-2690