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Table 4 Bivariate regression of continuous variables with depression symptom severity (total BDI Score)

From: Prevalence of depression and associated risk factors among persons with type-2 diabetes mellitus without a prior psychiatric history: a cross-sectional study in clinical settings in urban Nepal

Characteristics

Beta (95% CI)

p-value

Age (years)

-0.09 (-0.15, -0.03)

<0.01

Education (years)

-0.17 (-0.29, -0.05)

<0.01

No of members in family

-0.02 (-0.29, 0.25)

0.90

Monthly income (thousand rupees)

0.01 (-0.01, 0.03)

0.33

Monthly family income (thousand rupees)

-0.01 (-0.00, 0.01)

0.85

Monthly family expenditure (thousand rupees)

-0.01 (-0.04, 0.02)

0.54

Monthly diabetes related health care cost (thousand rupees)

-0.01 (-0.00,0.01)

0.87

Duration of diagnosis of DM

-0.13 (-0.25,-0.01)

0.03

Duration of diagnosis of HTN

0.09 (-0.06,0.24)

0.26

Systolic BP

0.31 (0.27,0.35)

<0.001

Diastolic BP

0.42 (0.37,0.48)

<0.001

BMI

-0.01 (-0.21,0.18)

0.90

WHR

18.5 (7.65,29.44)

<0.001

HbA1c

3.16 (2.82, 3.49)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-hip ratio; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin.
  2. Note: 1000 Nepali Rupees is equivalent to approximately 10 US dollars.