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Table 3 Variables that significantly contributed to explained variance in the binary logistic regression model (i.e., prediction whether a person would be below or above cut-off for clinically relevant depressive symptoms)

From: Detecting subtle signs of depression with automated speech analysis in a non-clinical sample

Predictor

Coefficient

Standard error

Wald

p-value

Speech ratio negative

426.79

169.30

6.36

0.012

Mean f0 positive

-0.55

0.22

6.26

0.012

Standard deviation f0 positive

-0.64

0.25

6.57

0.010

H1 a3 harmonic difference positive

-0.24

0.09

7.02

0.008

Average mfcc 2 negative

0.17

0.09

3.54

0.06

Average mfcc 3 negative

0.53

0.20

6.77

0.009

Average mfcc 5 negative

-0.98

0.34

8.27

0.004

Average mfcc 7 negative

-1.26

0.45

7.66

0.006

Average mfcc 7 positive

1.32

0.46

8.16

0.004

Mean pause duration positive

-18.34

7.19

6.50

0.011

Local jitter positive

27.19

11.53

5.56

0.018

Local absolute jitter positive

-6326.19

2537.08

6.22

0.013

Power spectrum ratio negative

89.27

32.68

7.46

0.006

Mean power positive

-5389.42

2067.18

6.79

0.009

Intensity standard deviation negative

1.04

0.40

6.63

0.010

Apq5 shimmer positive

-2.35

1.05

4.99

0.025

Local shimmer negative

2.57

0.97

6.96

0.008

Average dependency distance positive

6.60

2.53

6.79

0.009

  1. h1 a3 harmonic difference Amplitude difference between first harmonic and third formant, mfcc Mel frequency cepstral coefficient, apq5 Shimmer (5-point window)