Table 3 Univariate analyses

From: Increased serum levels of sortilin are associated with depression and correlated with BDNF and VEGF

Sociodemographics and lifestyle

Details

Linear regression

  

Coefficient

Test

P-value

Male

 

0.04 (−0.03;0.11)

1.18

0.24

Age

 

0.004 (0.001;0.006)

2.78

0.006

Alcohol intake

>20 g per day for females and >30 g per day for males

0.13 (0.02;0.24)

2.41

0.02

Smoking

Present smoker

0.04 (−0.03;0.11)

1.02

0.31

 

Previous smoker

0.004 (−0.06;0.06)

0.13

0.9

BMI

 

0.01 (0.003;0.01)

2.98

0.003

Physical activity

>4 h per week

−0.06 (−0.12;0.003)

−1.88

0.061

One experienced SLEs

 

−0.01 (−0.07;0.05)

−0.26

0.8

Two or more experienced SLEs

 

−0.04 (−0.11;0.03)

−1.05

0.29

Health indicators

    

 Depression

 

0.10 (0.05;0.16)

3.84

<0.001

 

Mild

0.10 (0.03;0.18)

2.73

0.007

 

Moderate

0.14 (0.08;0.21)

4.13

<0.001

 

Severe

−0.004 (−0.11;0.10)

−0.08

0.93

 Previous depressive episodes

 

0.06 (0.001;0.12)

2.00

0.05

 Previous diagnosed with other mental disorders

 

−0.01 (−0.15;0.13)

−0.16

0.88

 Antidepressant treatment

 

0.07 (−0.01;0.15)

1.67

0.1

Serum measurements

    

 Serum VEGF

 

2e−4 (1e−4;4e−4)

4.21

<0.001

 Serum BDNF

 

9e−6 (5e−6;1e−5)

4.64

<0.001

Genotypes

    

 rs11581665

CT genotype

−0.09 (−0.16;−0.03)

−2.84

0.005

 

TT genotype

−0.02 (−0.19;0.14)

−0.27

0.79

 rs12037569

GT genotype

0.02 (−0.05;0.08)

0.49

0.63

 

TT genotype

0.08 (−0.10;0.27)

0.9

0.37

 rs17585355

CA genotype

0.01 (−0.07;0.10)

0.34

0.74

 

CC genotype

0.10 (−0.26;0.47)

0.57

0.57

 rs17646665

GA genotype

0.04 (−0.03;0.11)

1.07

0.29

 

GG genotype

0.31 (−0.20;0.82)

1.18

0.24

 rs3768497

AA genotype

−0.05 (−0.14;0.04)

−1.07

0.29

 

AG genotype

−0.06 (−0.12;−0.007)

−2.22

0.027

 rs413582

CT genotype

−0.01 (−0.08;0.05)

−0.39

0.7

 

TT genotype

0.01 (−0.07;0.09)

0.26

0.8

 rs464218

CC genotype

−0.04 (−0.12;0.04)

−0.97

0.33

 

CT genotype

−0.03 (−0.09;0.03)

−0.9

0.37

 rs7536292

CC genotype

0.11 (−0.05;0.28)

1.35

0.18

 

CT genotype

−0.0005 (−0.06;0.06)

−0.02

0.99

 rs6265 (val66met)

AA genotype

0.006 (−0.11;0.12)

0.1

0.92

 

GA genotype

0.05 (−0.01;0.10)

1.55

0.12

  1. Abbreviations: BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; BMI, body mass index; SLE, stressful life event; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.
  2. P-values for significantly associated variables are shown in bold.