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World J Psychiatry. Oct 19, 2025; 15(10): 108061
Published online Oct 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i10.108061
Published online Oct 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i10.108061
Table 3 Hazard ratios between trajectories of total depressive symptoms and the risk of stroke occurrence
| Type | Term | Source | Model | HR | Lower_CI | Upper_CI | SE | Beta | P value |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently low | Reference | |||||||
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | CHARLS | 1 | 2.06 | 1.57 | 2.71 | 0.14 | 5.19 | 2.08E-07 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | CHARLS | 2 | 2.22 | 1.68 | 2.93 | 0.14 | 5.61 | 2.01E-08 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | CHARLS | 3 | 1.80 | 1.36 | 2.38 | 0.14 | 4.08 | 4.60E-05 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | CHARLS | 1 | 1.27 | 0.79 | 2.05 | 0.24 | 0.98 | 3.27E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | CHARLS | 2 | 1.33 | 0.82 | 2.15 | 0.24 | 1.17 | 2.44E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | CHARLS | 3 | 1.12 | 0.69 | 1.81 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 6.46E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | CHARLS | 1 | 1.54 | 1.20 | 1.98 | 0.13 | 3.34 | 8.25E-04 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | CHARLS | 2 | 1.60 | 1.24 | 2.06 | 0.13 | 3.62 | 2.95E-04 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | CHARLS | 3 | 1.47 | 1.14 | 1.90 | 0.13 | 2.95 | 3.21E-03 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | CHARLS | 1 | 1.39 | 0.88 | 2.19 | 0.23 | 1.41 | 1.58E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | CHARLS | 2 | 1.43 | 0.91 | 2.26 | 0.23 | 1.55 | 1.21E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | CHARLS | 3 | 1.26 | 0.80 | 1.99 | 0.23 | 0.99 | 3.20E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently low | Reference | |||||||
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | ELSA | 1 | 1.96 | 1.35 | 2.86 | 0.19 | 3.51 | 4.40E-04 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | ELSA | 2 | 1.70 | 1.16 | 2.49 | 0.20 | 2.70 | 7.03E-03 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | ELSA | 3 | 1.50 | 1.02 | 2.21 | 0.20 | 2.05 | 4.09E-02 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | ELSA | 1 | 1.26 | 0.62 | 2.55 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 5.20E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | ELSA | 2 | 1.00 | 0.49 | 2.04 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 9.97E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | ELSA | 3 | 0.88 | 0.43 | 1.80 | 0.36 | -0.35 | 7.25E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | ELSA | 1 | 1.61 | 1.32 | 1.97 | 0.10 | 4.69 | 2.68E-06 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | ELSA | 2 | 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.85 | 0.10 | 3.91 | 9.31E-05 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | ELSA | 3 | 1.44 | 1.17 | 1.77 | 0.11 | 3.44 | 5.90E-04 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | ELSA | 1 | 2.28 | 1.42 | 3.64 | 0.24 | 3.44 | 5.91E-04 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | ELSA | 2 | 1.75 | 1.09 | 2.81 | 0.24 | 2.33 | 1.98E-02 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | ELSA | 3 | 1.71 | 1.06 | 2.74 | 0.24 | 2.22 | 2.63E-02 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently low | Reference | |||||||
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | HRS | 1 | 1.77 | 1.59 | 1.97 | 0.05 | 10.49 | 9.91E-26 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | HRS | 2 | 1.66 | 1.49 | 1.86 | 0.06 | 8.92 | 4.82E-19 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Consistently high | HRS | 3 | 1.45 | 1.29 | 1.62 | 0.06 | 6.34 | 2.36E-10 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | HRS | 1 | 0.86 | 0.32 | 2.29 | 0.50 | -0.30 | 7.62E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | HRS | 2 | 0.75 | 0.28 | 2.00 | 0.50 | -0.58 | 5.61E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Decreasing | HRS | 3 | 0.67 | 0.25 | 1.80 | 0.50 | -0.79 | 4.28E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | HRS | 1 | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.50 | 0.06 | 5.20 | 2.04E-07 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | HRS | 2 | 1.33 | 1.19 | 1.49 | 0.06 | 4.97 | 6.58E-07 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Fluctuating | HRS | 3 | 1.26 | 1.13 | 1.41 | 0.06 | 4.05 | 5.19E-05 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | HRS | 1 | 1.62 | 1.03 | 2.55 | 0.23 | 2.07 | 3.82E-02 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | HRS | 2 | 1.39 | 0.88 | 2.19 | 0.23 | 1.42 | 1.54E-01 |
| Depressive_symptom_trajectory | Increasing | HRS | 3 | 1.31 | 0.83 | 2.06 | 0.23 | 1.16 | 2.45E-01 |
- Citation: Zou XL, He CL, Li X, Jiang JJ, Tang YS, Cui GY, Zhang WY, Zhou C. Longitudinal trajectories of somatic and cognitive-affective depressive symptoms influence stroke risk across different populations: Three prospective cohort studies. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(10): 108061
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v15/i10/108061.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v15.i10.108061