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Table 2 Results from prospective studies on depression and subsequent overall cancer occurrence

From: A meta-analysis on depression and subsequent cancer risk

First author (ref)

Number of subjects with depression

Number of subjects without depression

Total numbers of subjects

Crude RR (95% CI)

Multivariable Adjusted RR (95% CI) reported in paper

Adjustment factors for multivariable RR

 

Cancer

No cancer

Cancer

No Cancer

    

Kaplan (8)

117

N.a.

612

N.a.

6,848

-

0.97 males 1.27 females

Age, sex

Zonderman (10)

110

892

527

4,874

6,403

1.13 (0.93–1.37)

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

Age, sex, marital status, smoking, family history of cancer, hypertension, cholesterol level

Linkins (11)

25

343

144

1,752

2,264

0.89 (0.59–1.35)

1.09 (0.69–1.71)

Age

Vogt (20)

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

N.a.

1,529

1.08 (0.79–1.49)

1.08 (0.77–1.52)

Age, sex, social class, Smoking, duration of health plan membership

Knekt (17)

29

295

486

5,298

7,018

1.07 (0.75–1.52)

0.99 (0.68–1.44)

Age, sex

Penninx (19)

16

130

386

4293

4825

1.33 (0.83–2.13)

1.88 (1.13–3.14)

Age, sex, race, disability, hospital admissions, alcohol, smoking

Gallo (15)

8

82

141

1,338

1,569

0.93 (0.47–1.84)

1.3 (0.6–2.8)

Age, sex, smoking, alcohol

van den Heuvel (22)

9

207

67

2,059

2,342

1.32 (0.67–2.61)

n.a.

 

Schuurman (23)

95

1,246

3,369

63,656

68,366

1.41 (1.16–1.72)

1.08 (0.88–1.33)

Age, sex, socioeconomic status