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Table 2 Associations between somatic health variables and time to recurrence of depressive and/or anxiety disorder during follow-up (nā€‰=ā€‰1122) a

From: Pain, not chronic disease, is associated with the recurrence of depressive and anxiety disorders

Physical health characteristics

Time to recurrence of depressive and/or anxiety disorderc

Time to recurrence of depressive disorderc

Time to recurrence of anxiety disorderc

HR (95% CI)

p

HR (95% CI)

p

HR (95% CI)

p

Chronic disease category

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒCardiometabolic

0.94 (0.71-1.25)

.66

0.86 (0.61-1.21)

.38

1.11 (0.78-1.59)

.57

ā€ƒRespiratory

1.17 (0.84-1.65)

.36

1.31 (0.89-1.93)

.18

1.10 (0.70-1.71)

.69

ā€ƒMusculoskeletal

1.13 (0.83-1.55)

.44

1.35 (0.94-1.92)

.11

1.19 (0.80-1.77)

.39

ā€ƒDigestive

1.26 (0.92-1.73)

.15

1.19 (0.82-1.75)

.36

1.22 (0.81-1.84)

.34

ā€ƒNeurological

1.17 (0.74-1.86)

.50

1.22 (0.71-2.09)

.47

0.89 (0.46-1.74)

.74

ā€ƒEndocrine

1.09 (0.65-1.83)

.76

1.07 (0.57-2.02)

.84

1.53 (0.85-2.75)

.15

ā€ƒCancer

1.13 (0.80-1.60)

.49

1.11 (0.73-1.68)

.62

1.21 (0.78-1.86)

.40

Number of chronic diseases

1.09 (0.97-1.23)

.16

1.11 (0.96-1.27)

.16

1.13 (0.97-1.31)

.12

Pain location b

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒNeck

1.31 (1.05-1.64)

.02

1.45 (1.12-1.89)

.005

1.15 (0.86-1.55)

.35

ā€ƒBack

1.15 (0.93-1.43)

.21

1.30 (1.00-1.67)

.05

0.93 (0.70-1.24)

.65

ā€ƒHead

1.21 (0.98-1.50)

.08

1.29 (1.00-1.67)

.05

1.26 (0.95-1.66)

.11

ā€ƒOrofacial

1.34 (0.92-1.96)

.13

1.46 (0.94-2.27)

.09

1.20 (0.72-2.00)

.49

ā€ƒChest

1.51 (1.09-2.08)

.01

1.65 (1.14-2.39)

.008

1.41 (0.93-2.14)

.11c

ā€ƒAbdominal

1.33 (1.05-1.68)

.02

1.52 (1.16-2.02)

.003

1.13 (0.82-1.55)

.45

ā€ƒJoints

1.20 (0.96-1.51)

.12

1.31 (1.00-1.71)

.05

0.99 (0.73-1.34)

.94

Number of pain locationsb

1.07 (1.02-1.12)

.009

1.10 (1.04-1.16)

.002

1.03 (0.97-1.10)

.34

Duration of painā€‰ā‰„ā€‰90Ā days

1.10 (0.89-1.35)

.38

1.24 (0.96-1.58)

.11

0.99 (0.75-1.30)

.94

Chronic Pain Grade

1.11 (0.99-1.24)

.06

1.18 (1.04-1.35)

.01

1.07 (0.93-1.24)

.35

  1. aUsing univariate cox regression analyses.
  2. bPain locations were only taken into account when CPGā€‰ā‰„ā€‰2.
  3. cAdjusted for age, gender, years of education and recency of last episode of depressive or anxiety disorder.