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Table 2 Minimally adjusted associations of antidepressant use with 10-year cognitive changes

From: Antidepressant use and cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly people – The Three-City Cohort

 

MMSE

\( \sqrt{30-\mathrm{MMSE}} \)

N = 7364

BVRT

\( \sqrt{15-\mathrm{BVRT}} \)

N = 7262

Isaac’s test

N = 7291

TMTA

ln(TMTA)

N = 6090

TMTB

ln(TMTB)

N = 5857

 

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

β (SE)

P value

Antidepressant

 

0.14

 

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 

0.004

 TCAs

0.110 (0.064)

0.08

0.224 (0.054)

<0.0001

–5.96 (0.97)

<0.0001

0.170 (0.044)

0.0001

0.094 (0.051)

0.07

 SSRIs

0.069 (0.048)

0.15

0.128 (0.041)

0.002

–3.41 (0.74)

<0.0001

0.131 (0.034)

0.0001

0.117 (0.039)

0.003

 Others

–0.052 (0.086)

0.55

0.095 (0.073)

0.19

–2.61 (1.34)

0.05

0.141 (0.061)

0.02

0.082 (0.071)

0.25

Antidepressant*time

 

0.53

 

0.56

 

0.20

 

0.39

 

0.33

 TCAs*time

0.012 (0.014)

0.38

0.006 (0.012)

0.65

0.31 (0.15)

0.04

–0.011 (0.007)

0.11

–0.006 (0.009)

0.48

 SSRIs*time

0.010 (0.011)

0.36

0.013 (0.009)

0.17

0.08 (0.12)

0.50

–0.002 (0.005)

0.75

–0.001 (0.006)

0.83

 Others*time

0.016 (0.020)

0.43

0.002 (0.018)

0.89

–0.06 (0.22)

0.77

0.006 (0.010)

0.53

–0.022 (0.013)

0.09

  1. Models adjusted for age, sex, centre, education and time by age, time by centre and time by education interactions and with non-users as the reference group.
  2. BVRT Benton’s Visual Retention Test, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, SE standard error, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, TCA tricyclic antidepressant, TMTA and TMTB Trail Making Tests A and B