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Table 2 Proportional hazard model for non-food allergy incidence, by major depression status

From: Allergies and major depression: a longitudinal community study

Variable

Coefficient

Hazard Ratio

Z Statistic

P-value

95% CI

Major Depression

0.22

1.2

1.99

0.046

1.0

-

1.5

Female

0.41

1.5

6.71

<.001

1.3

-

1.7

Age 12–18

0.41

1.5

1.71

0.087

0.9

-

2.4

Age 19–25

0.59

1.8

5.53

<.001

1.5

-

2.2

Age 26–45

0.41

1.5

4.68

<.001

1.3

-

1.8

Age 46–65*

0.31

1.4

3.38

0.001

1.1

-

1.6

Smoking

-0.17

0.8

-2.40

0.017

0.7

-

1.0

Childhood Stressors

0.22

1.2

4.00

<.001

1.1

-

1.4

Intercept

-2.48

-

-

-

-

 

-

  1. * age > 65 in 1994 is the baseline category