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

Table 4 Multivariate Analysis of 2002 variables and 2012 CESD scores

Variable (2002)	Beta (95%CI)	p-value
Age	0.04 (−0.02, 0.09)	0.173
Positive Mood Score	−0.45 (−0.76, −0.15)	*0.004*
BMI	0.01 (−0.01, 0.04)	0.338
Attitude Toward Ageing	−0.01 (−0.09, 0.07)	0.801
Attitude Toward Menopause	0.02 (− 0.04, 0.08)	0.477
Daily Hassles Severity	0.01 (− 0.00, 0.03)	0.227
Bothersome Symptoms Frequency	0.01 (− 0.03, 0.05)	0.702

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

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