Here are some descriptive statistics for the variables you used in your analyses. These statistics should match the values in SPSS (within rounding).

These are the dependent variables.

faren[, varsDep] 

 7  Variables      3721  Observations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LabResWBCimp  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2802     919     237   6.539   3.700   4.100   5.100   6.199   7.600   9.299  10.500 

lowest :  1.8  1.9  2.2  2.3  2.4, highest: 16.5 16.9 17.0 18.5 20.1 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LabResCRP  Format:%9.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2557    1164     333    4.95  0.2000  0.3000  0.7999  2.0996  5.5996 11.6992 18.6180 

lowest : 4.999e-03 2.000e-02 3.000e-02 3.999e-02 5.000e-02, highest: 1.160e+02 1.410e+02 1.520e+02 1.530e+02 1.630e+02 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NLratio  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2745     976    2629   2.124  0.8066  0.9964  1.3300  1.8451  2.5639  3.3805  4.1123 

lowest :  0.1642  0.1744  0.2353  0.2691  0.2781, highest: 10.7143 11.2857 16.8537 26.4438 90.0000 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL1b : Aushon hIL1b (pg/ml)  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    244    3477      59   2.562   0.200   0.230   0.400   0.800   1.900   4.570   8.535 

lowest :   0.03   0.10   0.20   0.30   0.40, highest:  13.30  18.30  40.40  46.50 111.30 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL6 : Aushon hIL6 (pg/ml)  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    259    3462     158   13.75    2.70    3.70    5.40    8.50   14.15   30.56   43.96 

lowest :   1.4   1.7   1.8   1.9   2.0, highest:  79.6  86.1  89.2  92.3 136.1 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL10 : Aushon hIL10 (pg/ml)  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    259    3462      55   2.707    0.90    1.00    1.20    1.60    2.30    3.64    6.00 

lowest :   0.2   0.3   0.5   0.6   0.7, highest:  13.4  16.0  24.6  39.3 100.0 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNFa : Aushon hTNFa (pg/ml)  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    244    3477     153   31.13   0.900   1.400   2.975   5.850  16.575  45.470  74.500 

lowest :    0.4    0.5    0.7    0.8    0.9, highest:  301.8  304.6  666.0  699.7 1736.1 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

These are the independent variables (CES-D subscales).

faren[, varsInd] 

 5  Variables      3721  Observations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CESimp  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2802     919     123   15.13     1.0     3.0     6.0    13.0    21.0    31.9    38.0 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 53 54 55 57 59 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pa  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2731     990      13   9.511       4       5       8      10      12      12      12 

           0  1  2  3  4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
Frequency 11 12 14 50 80 111 137 168 243 286 331 372 916
%          0  0  1  2  3   4   5   6   9  10  12  14  34
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sc  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2736     985      22    6.88       0       1       3       6      10      13      15 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 17 18 19 20 21 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ip  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2735     986       7   1.035 

             0   1   2   3   4  5  6
Frequency 1433 479 422 207 116 45 33
%           52  18  15   8   4  2  1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
na  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2733     988      22   4.749       0       0       0       3       8      12      15 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 17 18 19 20 21 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

These are the covariates.

faren[, varsCov] 

 12  Variables      3721  Observations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age0  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2802     919      35   48.06      32      35      41      48      56      60      62 

lowest : 30 31 32 33 34, highest: 60 61 62 63 64 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sex  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2802     919       2    1222  0.4361 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Race  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2802     919       2    1617  0.5771 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PovStat  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2802     919       2    1142  0.4076 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CVDclusterdich  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2802     919       2     154 0.05496 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DMMclusterdich  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2802     919       2     793   0.283 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysBMI  Format:%9.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2802     919    1515   30.07   19.71   21.30   24.44   28.63   34.54   41.03   45.48 

lowest : 14.36 14.70 14.77 14.87 15.21, highest: 59.94 60.55 60.89 61.89 62.46 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxAlcStatusNFC  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2802     919       3   1.294 

0 (660, 24%), 1 (658, 23%), 2 (1484, 53%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2802     919       3   1.214 

0 (702, 25%), 1 (799, 29%), 2 (1301, 46%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxHardDrugNFC  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2802     919       3  0.3026 

0 (2109, 75%), 1 (538, 19%), 2 (155, 6%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysMeanSBPsitimp  Format:%12.0g 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2802     919     199   120.7    96.0   100.0   108.2   119.0   131.0   144.5   152.0 

lowest :  79.0  80.0  81.0  82.5  83.0, highest: 187.0 189.0 190.0 194.0 194.5 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ThesisDrug  Format:%8.0g 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2652    1069       2    1116  0.4208 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First examine the complete models separately for each dependent variable for each depression subscales plus covariates.


CES-D (imputed):
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio          IL1b          IL6          IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.137478 ***  0.065976 ***  0.0297856 ***  0.036081      0.11172 *    0.085363       0.04828    
CESimp                      0.002313      0.009406     -0.0009309     -0.030579      0.11327      0.004405       0.24362    
Age0                       -0.020486 ***  0.016092     -0.0038427      0.023249      0.09051     -0.004067       0.32591    
Sex                        -0.175148 *   -0.820300 *    0.0073667     -0.555032      2.26798     -0.023833       0.37363    
Race                       -0.963470 ***  0.852616 *   -0.5058570 *** -0.068909      0.37034     -0.876341     -11.33052    
PovStat                     0.184905 *    0.627629      0.1700536     -0.195168      0.41443      0.134319      -2.98122    
CVDclusterdich              0.749587 ***  3.127713 ***  1.0062671 *** -0.465275      1.38296      0.010935      -6.42834    
DMMclusterdich              0.159134     -0.114836      0.1897409      1.026302      0.20707     -0.288212      -5.14544    
PhysBMI                     0.038749 ***  0.271544 ***  0.0005589     -0.015476      0.07791     -0.021701       0.17765    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC          -0.027671     -0.124476      0.0750011      0.451984     -0.98435      0.134008       1.09644    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.670772 ***  0.702424 **   0.0429583      0.555476      3.08119 *   -0.048145       1.31487    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.103235     -0.241081     -0.1608947 *   -0.057115      4.17025 *    1.633428 **   21.22386 *  
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.005916 *   -0.001091      0.0005254     -0.007591     -0.06646      0.006743       0.11956    
ThesisDrug                  0.134964      0.331546     -0.0879350     -0.427625      2.44931      0.102784      -5.30282    

PA:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6          IL10         TNFa    
Rsq                        0.1381689 ***  0.066798 ***  0.0298064 ***  0.04339      0.11651 *    0.092293      0.05636    
pa                        -0.0005724     -0.034276     -0.0022900      0.15809     -0.13569      0.080902     -1.04170    
Age0                      -0.0206837 ***  0.012027     -0.0032337      0.02787      0.09699     -0.001367      0.38755    
Sex                       -0.1399624     -0.733253      0.0060224     -0.45917      1.96996     -0.047942      1.41498    
Race                      -0.9857406 ***  0.750673     -0.5027818 ***  0.05087      0.08135     -0.864921     -6.39963    
PovStat                    0.1911382 *    0.747056      0.1842661 *   -0.53406      0.83625      0.089924     -7.69643    
CVDclusterdich             0.7925026 ***  3.372134 ***  1.0188734 *** -0.57489      1.11585     -0.097942     -5.78136    
DMMclusterdich             0.1578554     -0.190817      0.2017780 *    1.13394      0.09344     -0.237127     -4.59205    
PhysBMI                    0.0385471 ***  0.276067 *** -0.0006598     -0.02093      0.06162     -0.026035      0.23786    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC         -0.0422856     -0.181727      0.0740855      0.48151     -1.27657      0.126932     -0.77794    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC    0.6775566 ***  0.734256 **   0.0407247      0.63527      3.39081 *    0.016802      3.76884    
MedHxHardDrugNFC          -0.0821097     -0.217621     -0.1641722 *   -0.01075      5.04601 *    1.786988 *** 22.94611 *  
PhysMeanSBPsitimp          0.0049923 *   -0.002095      0.0002964     -0.01106     -0.06703      0.005457     -0.03404    
ThesisDrug                 0.1477656      0.367675     -0.0954957     -0.28893      3.30786      0.247849     -2.20998    

SC:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio          IL1b          IL6          IL10         TNFa    
Rsq                         0.140095 ***   0.06655 ***  0.0298773 ***  0.043592      0.12157 *    0.090782      0.05563    
sc                          0.015096       0.05197     -0.0046764     -0.086924      0.20036     -0.006117     -0.07748    
Age0                       -0.020115 ***   0.01315     -0.0035031      0.026241      0.10158     -0.001592      0.39632    
Sex                        -0.132929      -0.71064      0.0010659     -0.572307      2.31816     -0.043191      1.10868    
Race                       -0.985077 ***   0.74866     -0.5046415 ***  0.117818      0.42520     -0.734672     -8.28380    
PovStat                     0.166046 *     0.69333      0.1906610 *   -0.496544      0.66555      0.059215     -7.15151    
CVDclusterdich              0.781522 ***   3.34484 ***  1.0237875 *** -0.476627      0.96353     -0.053675     -6.55158    
DMMclusterdich              0.159474      -0.20926      0.2063970 *    1.136207     -0.14084     -0.288738     -3.92006    
PhysBMI                     0.039490 ***   0.27472 *** -0.0005381     -0.015689      0.02976     -0.028872      0.27748    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC          -0.040287      -0.17116      0.0727848      0.430807     -1.09614      0.136883     -0.94097    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.670026 ***   0.69867 **   0.0446665      0.688091      3.07548 *   -0.023367      4.47038    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.090722      -0.22853     -0.1609817      0.009295      4.78220 *    1.732965 **  23.90052 *  
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.005043 *    -0.00199      0.0003414     -0.010093     -0.07357      0.004464     -0.01633    
ThesisDrug                  0.125833       0.34629     -0.0935062     -0.303125      3.56839      0.281860     -2.56314    

IP:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6          IL10         TNFa    
Rsq                         0.137154 ***  0.066748 ***  0.0303086 ***  0.04623      0.13411 **   0.133637 **   0.05647    
ip                         -0.008523     -0.056198      0.0295217      0.39108      1.66833 *    0.628764 **   2.17142    
Age0                       -0.020896 ***  0.010050     -0.0028413      0.02633      0.09682     -0.001622      0.38783    
Sex                        -0.141219     -0.745588      0.0033020     -0.31121      2.39082      0.130106      1.85051    
Race                       -0.983007 ***  0.730515     -0.5035991 ***  0.17231     -0.23996     -0.827757     -7.75641    
PovStat                     0.191827 *    0.770064      0.1758104     -0.81149     -0.05656     -0.327288     -8.42760    
CVDclusterdich              0.775558 ***  3.345017 ***  1.0306013 *** -0.20044      2.25022      0.414743     -5.03271    
DMMclusterdich              0.157647     -0.184606      0.2031684 *    1.16023      0.45651     -0.146345     -3.87786    
PhysBMI                     0.038627 ***  0.276396 *** -0.0005942     -0.01726      0.06152     -0.023032      0.21954    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC          -0.040787     -0.183932      0.0767796      0.53527     -1.17308      0.181769     -0.64822    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.674141 ***  0.744812 **   0.0408090      0.63560      3.62770 **   0.069399      4.28996    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.080335     -0.197550     -0.1695413 *   -0.41851      4.20073 *    1.362894 **  22.49179 *  
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.005191 *   -0.001405      0.0001606     -0.01531     -0.07268      0.001988     -0.03238    
ThesisDrug                  0.146612      0.377555     -0.0968781     -0.42984      2.91230      0.064584     -2.65127    

NA:
                        LabResWBCimp      LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6          IL10         TNFa    
Rsq                        0.1390581 ***  6.706e-02 ***  0.0300196 ***  0.04227      0.11886 *    0.089411      0.05724    
na                         0.0007375      4.957e-05     -0.0042782     -0.06787      0.15879     -0.003758      0.63573    
Age0                      -0.0208993 ***  1.080e-02     -0.0035756      0.02706      0.09834     -0.001510      0.39449    
Sex                       -0.1447305     -7.502e-01     -0.0006358     -0.50117      2.14289     -0.040601      1.98267    
Race                      -0.9815047 ***  7.372e-01     -0.5071111 ***  0.12008      0.18447     -0.774247     -6.35112    
PovStat                    0.1830126 *    7.431e-01      0.1876524 *   -0.48116      0.59019      0.048249     -8.49644    
CVDclusterdich             0.8203489 ***  3.447e+00 ***  1.0287200 *** -0.54737      1.12986     -0.048167     -6.18520    
DMMclusterdich             0.1671707     -1.690e-01      0.2072532 *    1.10199      0.11983     -0.264849     -4.41645    
PhysBMI                    0.0384835 ***  2.765e-01 *** -0.0006417     -0.01737      0.05850     -0.024172      0.22713    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC         -0.0411079     -1.809e-01      0.0729537      0.45346     -1.18385      0.134053     -0.31465    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC    0.6793986 ***  7.513e-01 **   0.0450834      0.65479      3.27719 *   -0.002091      3.34789    
MedHxHardDrugNFC          -0.0840928     -2.065e-01     -0.1602083     -0.04024      4.87411 *    1.728970 *** 22.62728 *  
PhysMeanSBPsitimp          0.0050809 *   -1.785e-03      0.0003519     -0.01256     -0.06646      0.004657     -0.02808    
ThesisDrug                 0.1430323      3.719e-01     -0.0915830     -0.18543      3.02468      0.234436     -3.43697    

As a first cut, eliminate covariates that are nonsignificant in any of the analyses: sex, MedHxAlcStatusNFC, ThesisDrug.


CES-D (imputed):
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio          IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.127264 ***  0.064324 ***  0.0290107 ***  0.026513      0.07322 *    0.03770       0.03142    
CESimp                      0.004829      0.016767     -0.0009213     -0.019318      0.07093     -0.02988      -0.42634    
Age0                       -0.017226 ***  0.021638     -0.0054686     -0.084055      0.09253     -0.03764      -0.98668    
Race                       -0.937622 ***  0.894698 *   -0.5196067 ***  0.939949      1.45610     -0.65369      -3.23248    
PovStat                     0.238888 **   0.662280      0.1523641      0.713380      2.09515      0.97166      16.65367    
CVDclusterdich              0.763569 ***  3.169588 ***  0.9728182 *** -0.929840      0.57702     -0.69081     -20.49824    
DMMclusterdich              0.187433 *   -0.010532      0.1579286      1.022803     -0.10909     -0.77713     -17.41271    
PhysBMI                     0.040055 ***  0.284232 *** -0.0018820     -0.098325      0.03659     -0.05469      -1.07263    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.607507 ***  0.627486 **   0.0498288     -0.617946      3.12756 *    0.56913       6.53363    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.137863     -0.407089     -0.1391544     -0.727530      3.29662      1.09140       7.51102    
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.005699 *   -0.002619      0.0010483     -0.004503     -0.01313      0.05216       1.02330    

PA:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.127734 ***  0.065931 ***  0.0289502 ***  0.04097      0.07823 *    0.04235       0.02817    
pa                         -0.005809     -0.048915     -0.0024789     -0.44307      0.05961      0.23628      -1.20707    
Age0                       -0.017519 ***  0.017188     -0.0049966     -0.08606      0.09126     -0.03663      -0.96255    
Race                       -0.958626 ***  0.788499 *   -0.5166438 ***  1.71391      0.98869     -0.70733       4.66688    
PovStat                     0.252155 **   0.816236 *    0.1656577      0.18458      2.32954      0.90755       9.84843    
CVDclusterdich              0.821104 ***  3.461995 ***  0.9839249 *** -0.78612      0.59941     -0.89391     -19.84341    
DMMclusterdich              0.190759 *   -0.071360      0.1686822      1.00782      0.13187     -0.68921     -17.04881    
PhysBMI                     0.040167 ***  0.290893 *** -0.0031228     -0.10006      0.04791     -0.06620      -1.10288    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.613179 ***  0.664660 **   0.0460010     -0.73721      3.50338 *    0.56653       6.19034    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.114196     -0.381543     -0.1410681     -1.21292      3.96174      1.18870       5.19312    
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.004875 *   -0.003675      0.0008181     -0.01234     -0.01166      0.05534       0.90487    

SC:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio          IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.130362 ***  0.065949 ***  0.0289901 ***  0.030779      0.08005 *    0.03702       0.02852    
sc                          0.020713 *    0.068106     -0.0040891     -0.142271      0.16455     -0.02703      -1.08501    
Age0                       -0.017261 ***  0.018048     -0.0052032     -0.078396      0.09362     -0.03569      -0.92427    
Race                       -0.961024 ***  0.776682 *   -0.5179066 ***  1.198618      1.44699     -0.44706       2.66002    
PovStat                     0.219941 **   0.742555      0.1722905 *    0.701047      2.02726      0.78825      12.50223    
CVDclusterdich              0.800834 ***  3.417430 ***  0.9886404 *** -0.955671      0.61669     -0.74913     -20.73491    
DMMclusterdich              0.185783 *   -0.101214      0.1734547      1.261888     -0.11680     -0.79731     -16.13782    
PhysBMI                     0.040662 ***  0.289141 *** -0.0029364     -0.108987      0.02132     -0.06629      -1.14829    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.605335 ***  0.628538 *    0.0488621     -0.550516      3.21166 *    0.53604       7.45049    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.120994     -0.386977     -0.1390344     -0.646397      3.72783      1.04301       7.26096    
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.004905 *   -0.003541      0.0008524     -0.005766     -0.01624      0.05310       0.94024    

IP:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.126751 ***  0.065773 ***  0.0293485 ***  0.02683      0.08517 *    0.03798       0.03179    
ip                          0.004128     -0.040223      0.0230748     -0.09479      1.15461      0.23736      -7.46029    
Age0                       -0.017713 ***  0.015093     -0.0047446     -0.08256      0.08773     -0.03721      -0.89910    
Race                       -0.958968 ***  0.760381 *   -0.5183260 ***  1.26343      0.95600     -0.48284       3.56162    
PovStat                     0.251924 **   0.845156 *    0.1586378      0.50336      1.63228      0.59927      14.79419    
CVDclusterdich              0.804306 ***  3.438319 ***  0.9954000 *** -1.05973      1.38307     -0.60281     -25.30530    
DMMclusterdich              0.190514 *   -0.060717      0.1704192      1.18092      0.23399     -0.77080     -17.48727    
PhysBMI                     0.040345 ***  0.291653 *** -0.0030794     -0.10476      0.04287     -0.06375      -1.07974    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.611108 ***  0.675491 **   0.0470495     -0.66223      3.63725 *    0.56553       5.59793    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.113248     -0.365156     -0.1450448     -0.76462      3.37810      0.90365       9.83934    
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.005034 *   -0.003007      0.0007096     -0.00669     -0.01561      0.05220       0.95452    

NA:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio          IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.128682 ***  0.066184 ***  0.0291543 ***  0.029278      0.07893 *    0.03912       0.02904    
na                          0.006401      0.018617     -0.0041373     -0.091012      0.09319     -0.07639      -1.01833    
Age0                       -0.017747 ***  0.016273     -0.0052545     -0.079192      0.08874     -0.03438      -0.91940    
Race                       -0.954217 ***  0.777365 *   -0.5202044 ***  1.112806      1.18646     -0.57515       1.68193    
PovStat                     0.239236 **   0.797906 *    0.1701500      0.643423      2.08906      0.89473      12.90349    
CVDclusterdich              0.843587 ***  3.525558 ***  0.9945156 *** -1.024987      0.64463     -0.76551     -20.76334    
DMMclusterdich              0.196298 *   -0.056615      0.1749402      1.272368      0.03539     -0.74069     -15.79515    
PhysBMI                     0.040055 ***  0.291280 *** -0.0029766     -0.100931      0.04467     -0.05911      -1.09326    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.614040 ***  0.675819 **   0.0494564     -0.570089      3.41952 *    0.59897       7.27153    
MedHxHardDrugNFC           -0.117581     -0.378401     -0.1384946     -0.704502      3.80754      1.10500       7.30684    
PhysMeanSBPsitimp           0.004935 *   -0.003454      0.0008595     -0.007567     -0.01225      0.05287       0.92385    

Now look for covariates that are were significant before but now are all nonsignificant and covariates that have few significant but small effects on the outcomes: MedHxHardDrugNFC (all nonsignificant); Age0, DMMclusterdich, PhysMeanSBPsitimp (significant only for WBC).


CES-D (imputed):
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b           IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.120421 ***   0.06341 ***  0.0267421 ***  0.01694      0.061784 *    0.01915       0.01464    
CESimp                      0.005655       0.01438     -0.0006556     -0.02669      0.098614     -0.02303      -0.40949    
Race                       -0.932531 ***   0.84645 *   -0.5292395 ***  0.64722      2.045286     -0.19441       3.58284    
PovStat                     0.252368 **    0.60472      0.1498711      0.84727      1.940389      1.13888      20.42244    
CVDclusterdich              0.709587 ***   3.33203 ***  0.9797630 *** -1.21163      0.713984     -0.98090     -27.26742    
PhysBMI                     0.045205 ***   0.28687 ***  0.0010261     -0.08947     -0.004028     -0.04382      -0.71756    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.589134 ***   0.56438 *    0.0319658     -0.58115      3.648315 **   0.68670       6.09131    

PA:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b           IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.121355 ***   0.06523 ***  0.0266549 ***  0.02836      0.062502 *    0.02269       0.01438    
pa                         -0.009891      -0.04064     -0.0036816     -0.39845     -0.070401      0.19356      -1.35603    
Race                       -0.951663 ***   0.73749     -0.5268260 ***  1.28345      1.663492     -0.16039      10.95103    
PovStat                     0.268344 ***   0.75819      0.1633762      0.25605      2.288373      1.08466      12.72428    
CVDclusterdich              0.768315 ***   3.57606 ***  1.0002064 *** -1.07485      0.743601     -1.12119     -26.33028    
PhysBMI                     0.044468 ***   0.29208 *** -0.0002799     -0.09179      0.004418     -0.05252      -0.78222    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.597930 ***   0.60411 *    0.0280764     -0.78042      4.179416 **   0.69729       5.59464    

SC:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6          IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                          0.12405 ***   0.06520 ***  0.0266490 ***  0.02135      0.06584 *    0.018970       0.01447    
sc                           0.02247 *     0.06386     -0.0032968     -0.15474      0.22511     -0.009996      -0.99548    
Race                        -0.95671 ***   0.73008     -0.5283948 ***  0.90578      1.99336      0.046595       9.39369    
PovStat                      0.23440 **    0.68439      0.1699939      0.84471      1.93226      0.945694      15.55234    
CVDclusterdich               0.74799 ***   3.53447 ***  1.0041489 *** -1.17599      0.64957     -1.010221     -27.02894    
PhysBMI                      0.04502 ***   0.29012 *** -0.0000699     -0.10056     -0.02577     -0.053929      -0.81871    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC      0.58904 ***   0.56622 *    0.0312126     -0.50006      3.81270 **   0.629777       7.15958    

IP:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b          IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                          0.12023 ***   0.06517 ***  0.0269963 ***  0.01687     0.073135 **   0.02134       0.01697    
ip                           0.01149      -0.05881      0.0223855     -0.18774     1.402769      0.31650      -6.43804    
Race                        -0.95384 ***   0.71779     -0.5299951 ***  0.97595     1.353776     -0.04108      10.68610    
PovStat                      0.26806 ***   0.79374 *    0.1565248      0.65569     1.522073      0.73704      17.50063    
CVDclusterdich               0.75230 ***   3.53673 ***  1.0129123 *** -1.37800     1.679851     -0.79554     -31.25236    
PhysBMI                      0.04480 ***   0.29293 *** -0.0002115     -0.09560     0.002443     -0.05018      -0.78730    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC      0.59692 ***   0.61632 **   0.0289149     -0.64406     4.264046 **   0.65734       5.80364    

NA:
                        LabResWBCimp     LabResCRP        NLratio         IL1b           IL6         IL10          TNFa    
Rsq                         0.122072 ***   0.06551 ***  2.680e-02 ***  0.01934      0.064412 *    0.02095       0.01544    
na                          0.007921       0.01468     -3.650e-03     -0.09822      0.147940     -0.07135      -1.12047    
Race                       -0.948777 ***   0.72982     -5.304e-01 ***  0.78679      1.796755     -0.08049       8.12234    
PovStat                     0.255229 **    0.74328      1.685e-01      0.77140      2.024394      1.07883      16.31908    
CVDclusterdich              0.790778 ***   3.64101 ***  1.011e+00 *** -1.25508      0.697325     -1.01169     -27.00807    
PhysBMI                     0.044502 ***   0.29264 *** -6.765e-05     -0.09173     -0.002421     -0.04710      -0.77107    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC     0.598819 ***   0.61539 **   3.214e-02     -0.52657      4.041076 **   0.71901       7.25185    

Based on the preceding analyses it doesn't look like overall symptoms of depression or any of the subscales are associated with inflammatory markers. However, there are widely different numbers of participants with complete data for WBC, CRP, and NLratio (1st set: N ~ 2400) compared with the IL markers and TNFa (2nd set: N ~ 190). Rather than restricting the entire sample to the fewest numbers of participants, we can divide the outcomes into two sets and examine them separately. For comparability, I will use only those with complete data on WBC, CRP, and NLratio in the first set and only those with complete data on the IL markers and TNFa in the second set.

But before we look at these associations, we should check the distributions of the inflammatory marks.

plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist plot of chunk depHist

Looks like these distributions are pretty skewed. Let's see what a log transform does.

plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog plot of chunk depHistLog

Much better! These distributions pass the eyeball test. Let's do the analyses on complete data for the 1st and 2nd set with log transformed inflammatory markers.

f1 

 23  Variables      2407  Observations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LabResWBCimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0     131   6.568   3.700   4.100   5.000   6.199   7.800   9.398  10.699 

lowest :  1.9  2.2  2.3  2.4  2.5, highest: 15.7 16.5 16.9 18.5 20.1 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LabResCRP 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0     324   4.957  0.2000  0.3000  0.7999  2.1997  5.5996 10.9391 18.5977 

lowest : 4.999e-03 2.000e-02 3.000e-02 3.999e-02 5.000e-02, highest: 1.160e+02 1.410e+02 1.520e+02 1.530e+02 1.630e+02 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NLratio 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0    2318   2.121  0.8045  0.9955  1.3308  1.8362  2.5564  3.3397  4.0944 

lowest :  0.1642  0.1744  0.2353  0.2691  0.2781, highest: 10.6738 10.7143 11.2857 26.4438 90.0000 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CESimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0      57   15.12       1       3       6      13      22      32      38 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 52 53 54 55 59 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pa 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0      13   9.501       4       5       8      10      12      12      12 

           0  1  2  3  4  5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
Frequency 10 11 12 43 72 98 122 153 214 245 294 329 804
%          0  0  0  2  3  4   5   6   9  10  12  14  33
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sc 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0      22   6.857       0       1       4       6      10      13      15 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 17 18 19 20 21 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ip 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2407       0       7   1.034 

             0   1   2   3   4  5  6
Frequency 1261 416 375 190 101 36 28
%           52  17  16   8   4  1  1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
na 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0      22   4.731       0       0       0       3       8      12      15 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 17 18 19 20 21 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age0 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0      35   48.07      32      35      41      48      56      61      62 

lowest : 30 31 32 33 34, highest: 60 61 62 63 64 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sex 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2    1056  0.4387 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Race 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2    1366  0.5675 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PovStat 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2     945  0.3926 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CVDclusterdich 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2     139 0.05775 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DMMclusterdich 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2     703  0.2921 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysBMI 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0    1375   30.13   19.82   21.31   24.54   28.70   34.61   41.02   45.37 

lowest : 14.36 14.77 14.87 15.62 15.79, highest: 56.88 57.94 58.45 59.94 60.89 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxAlcStatusNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2407       0       3   1.375 

0 (453, 19%), 1 (599, 25%), 2 (1355, 56%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2407       0       3    1.22 

0 (583, 24%), 1 (712, 30%), 2 (1112, 46%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxHardDrugNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
   2407       0       3  0.3074 

0 (1803, 75%), 1 (468, 19%), 2 (136, 6%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysMeanSBPsitimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0     177   120.6    97.0   100.0   108.0   119.0   131.0   144.0   151.7 

lowest :  80.0  81.0  82.5  83.0  84.0, highest: 181.5 183.0 185.0 189.0 194.0 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ThesisDrug 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
   2407       0       2    1012  0.4204 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logLabResWBCimp : LabResWBCimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0     131   1.829   1.308   1.411   1.609   1.824   2.054   2.241   2.370 

lowest : 0.6418 0.7883 0.8328 0.8754 0.9163, highest: 2.7536 2.8034 2.8272 2.9178 3.0006 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logLabResCRP : LabResCRP 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
   2407       0     324  0.7235 -1.6095 -1.2040 -0.2232  0.7883  1.7227  2.3923  2.9230 

lowest : -5.298 -3.912 -3.507 -3.219 -2.996, highest:  4.754  4.949  5.024  5.030  5.094 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logNLratio 
        n   missing    unique      Mean       .05       .10       .25       .50       .75       .90       .95 
     2407         0      2318    0.6075 -0.217529 -0.004496  0.285783  0.607684  0.938598  1.205873  1.409619 

lowest : -1.807 -1.746 -1.447 -1.312 -1.280, highest:  2.368  2.372  2.424  3.275  4.500 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
f2 

 25  Variables      193  Observations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL1b : Aushon hIL1b (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      53   2.236    0.20    0.30    0.40    0.90    1.90    4.06    8.88 

lowest :  0.03  0.10  0.20  0.30  0.40, highest: 11.60 13.30 18.30 40.40 46.50 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL6 : Aushon hIL6 (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0     125    13.1    2.70    3.70    5.40    8.40   14.10   23.54   40.84 

lowest :  1.4  1.7  1.9  2.0  2.1, highest: 62.6 72.0 79.6 86.1 92.3 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL10 : Aushon hIL10 (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      49   2.473    0.90    0.92    1.20    1.60    2.40    3.88    5.82 

lowest :  0.2  0.5  0.7  0.8  0.9, highest: 10.9 13.4 16.0 24.6 39.3 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNFa : Aushon hTNFa (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0     135   22.28    0.90    1.52    2.90    5.80   16.30   42.34   62.74 

lowest :   0.4   0.5   0.7   0.8   0.9, highest: 200.3 288.6 301.8 304.6 666.0 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CESimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      45   15.61     2.0     3.0     7.0    13.0    23.0    32.0    37.4 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 40 44 46 47 49 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pa 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      11   9.782       5       6       8      11      12      12      12 

          2 3 4 5 6  7  8  9 10 11 12
Frequency 1 1 7 8 9 10 19 16 22 25 75
%         1 1 4 4 5  5 10  8 11 13 39
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sc 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      20   7.244     1.0     1.2     4.0     7.0    10.0    13.0    15.0 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 15 16 17 18 19 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ip 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
    193       0       7  0.9482 

            0  1  2  3 4 5 6
Frequency 101 39 30 13 7 1 2
%          52 20 16  7 4 1 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
na 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      20   5.197     0.0     0.0     1.0     3.0     8.0    13.8    16.0 

lowest :  0  1  2  3  4, highest: 15 16 17 18 19 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age0 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      35   49.77      33      36      43      50      57      61      63 

lowest : 30 31 32 33 34, highest: 60 61 62 63 64 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sex 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2      67  0.3472 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Race 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2     138   0.715 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PovStat 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2      99   0.513 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CVDclusterdich 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2      31  0.1606 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DMMclusterdich 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2      69  0.3575 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysBMI 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0     183    31.2   20.28   21.49   24.54   29.38   36.33   45.13   47.67 

lowest : 16.61 16.98 17.21 17.36 17.97, highest: 54.33 54.54 56.08 56.57 56.75 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxAlcStatusNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
    193       0       3   1.244 

0 (48, 25%), 1 (50, 26%), 2 (95, 49%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
    193       0       3   1.285 

0 (39, 20%), 1 (60, 31%), 2 (94, 49%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MedHxHardDrugNFC 
      n missing  unique    Mean 
    193       0       3  0.3057 

0 (144, 75%), 1 (39, 20%), 2 (10, 5%) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PhysMeanSBPsitimp 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0      72   121.3    95.0    99.2   108.0   120.0   133.0   147.6   152.0 

lowest :  90  91  92  94  95, highest: 159 160 161 165 169 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ThesisDrug 
      n missing  unique     Sum    Mean 
    193       0       2     101  0.5233 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logIL1b : Aushon hIL1b (pg/ml) 
       n  missing   unique     Mean      .05      .10      .25      .50      .75      .90      .95 
     193        0       53 -0.03387  -1.6094  -1.2040  -0.9163  -0.1054   0.6419   1.4010   2.1687 

lowest : -3.5066 -2.3026 -1.6094 -1.2040 -0.9163, highest:  2.4510  2.5878  2.9069  3.6988  3.8395 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logIL6 : Aushon hIL6 (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0     125   2.204  0.9933  1.3083  1.6864  2.1282  2.6462  3.1587  3.7096 

lowest : 0.3365 0.5306 0.6419 0.6931 0.7419, highest: 4.1368 4.2767 4.3770 4.4555 4.5250 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logIL10 : Aushon hIL10 (pg/ml) 
       n  missing   unique     Mean      .05      .10      .25      .50      .75      .90      .95 
     193        0       49   0.5968 -0.10536 -0.08429  0.18232  0.47000  0.87547  1.35578  1.76098 

lowest : -1.6094 -0.6931 -0.3567 -0.2231 -0.1054, highest:  2.3888  2.5953  2.7726  3.2027  3.6712 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
logTNFa : Aushon hTNFa (pg/ml) 
      n missing  unique    Mean     .05     .10     .25     .50     .75     .90     .95 
    193       0     135   1.958 -0.1054  0.4184  1.0647  1.7579  2.7912  3.7457  4.1390 

lowest : -0.9163 -0.6931 -0.3567 -0.2231 -0.1054, highest:  5.2998  5.6650  5.7098  5.7190  6.5013 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Examine the first set (I ran out of time before I got to the 2nd set).


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1475814 ***    0.2255966 ***   0.110158 ***
CESimp                        0.0004431        0.0004098      -0.001230    
Age0                         -0.0029259 ***    0.0083282 **   -0.002925 *  
Sex                          -0.0158984       -0.2249405 ***   0.007394    
Race                         -0.1516819 ***   -0.0921001      -0.322132 ***
PovStat                       0.0168071        0.0290064       0.041113    
CVDclusterdich                0.1218163 ***    0.3352016 **    0.146470 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0230160       -0.1518231 **    0.027500    
PhysBMI                       0.0067381 ***    0.0745787 ***   0.000864    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0044868       -0.0464175       0.010081    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1065518 ***    0.1907321 ***   0.007440    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0150288       -0.1163799 *    -0.068964 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008249 *      0.0020143       0.001368 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0180042        0.0930947       0.006384    

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1473723 ***     0.225623 ***  0.1103481 ***
pa                           -0.0003717        -0.003218      0.0058235    
Age0                         -0.0029785 ***     0.008369 **  -0.0029283 *  
Sex                          -0.0169225        -0.224938 ***  0.0086537    
Race                         -0.1521761 ***    -0.090553     -0.3241019 ***
PovStat                       0.0179686         0.029042      0.0396208    
CVDclusterdich                0.1225226 ***     0.335251 **   0.1455162 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0233764        -0.152086 **   0.0274937    
PhysBMI                       0.0067330 ***     0.074556 ***  0.0009085    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0047248        -0.046493      0.0105015    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1071781 ***     0.190347 ***  0.0073092    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0144382        -0.116519 *   -0.0694594 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008317 *       0.002009      0.0013690 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0188296         0.093025      0.0054815    

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1483507 ***     0.226555 ***  0.1103390 ***
sc                            0.0024369         0.010098     -0.0035720    
Age0                         -0.0028800 ***     0.008725 **  -0.0029083 *  
Sex                          -0.0150674        -0.217806 ***  0.0076775    
Race                         -0.1518981 ***    -0.090571     -0.3208290 ***
PovStat                       0.0150636         0.017611      0.0419723 *  
CVDclusterdich                0.1205187 ***     0.327300 **   0.1473445 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0225116        -0.155321 **   0.0276663    
PhysBMI                       0.0067442 ***     0.074613 ***  0.0008587    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0043398        -0.044982      0.0102019    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1055941 ***     0.184347 ***  0.0078607    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0153188        -0.119768 *   -0.0694279 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008267 *       0.001995      0.0013542 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0169610         0.085769      0.0066908    

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1473807 ***     0.225972 ***  0.1094742 ***
ip                           -0.0010024        -0.019895     -0.0006335    
Age0                         -0.0030061 ***     0.007950 **  -0.0027571 *  
Sex                          -0.0170012        -0.225128 ***  0.0106043    
Race                         -0.1525014 ***    -0.094110     -0.3200835 ***
PovStat                       0.0183515         0.035140      0.0376745    
CVDclusterdich                0.1225004 ***     0.333937 **   0.1442293 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0234899        -0.150697 **   0.0263087    
PhysBMI                       0.0067318 ***     0.074505 ***  0.0008694    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0048873        -0.049509      0.0107027    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1073823 ***     0.193006 ***  0.0054065    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0141598        -0.111986 *   -0.0707288 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008374 *       0.002103      0.0013471 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0189949         0.095099      0.0038302    

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1473935 ***     0.225900 ***  0.1097634 ***
na                            0.0003730        -0.005053     -0.0018215    
Age0                         -0.0029705 ***     0.008004 **  -0.0028424 *  
Sex                          -0.0164894        -0.233531 ***  0.0078623    
Race                         -0.1521680 ***    -0.096418     -0.3213468 ***
PovStat                       0.0177046         0.035600      0.0394621    
CVDclusterdich                0.1223002 ***     0.339999 **   0.1457604 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0233203        -0.149614 *    0.0269363    
PhysBMI                       0.0067374 ***     0.074549 ***  0.0008619    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0046614        -0.047766      0.0103930    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1070868 ***     0.194352 ***  0.0064106    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0146134        -0.112177 *   -0.0695602 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008304 *       0.002062      0.0013589 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0185839         0.098747      0.0055202    

In the first set we can eliminate MedHxAlcStatusNFC and ThesisDrug


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1469105 ***    0.2240967 ***  0.1099234 ***
CESimp                        0.0005150        0.0008441     -0.0012358    
Age0                         -0.0026633 ***    0.0098531 *** -0.0029157 *  
Sex                          -0.0171179       -0.2349653 ***  0.0088314    
Race                         -0.1508327 ***   -0.0850872     -0.3231496 ***
PovStat                       0.0170301        0.0329367      0.0397959    
CVDclusterdich                0.1270074 ***    0.3647321 ***  0.1469583 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0277119       -0.1249375 *    0.0278555    
PhysBMI                       0.0069817 ***    0.0759797 ***  0.0008791    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1054233 ***    0.1806469 ***  0.0091768    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0167074       -0.1292355 **  -0.0674593 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008258 *      0.0019797      0.0013875 *  

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1466323 ***     0.224114 ***   0.110103 ***
pa                           -0.0005431        -0.004163       0.005824    
Age0                         -0.0027076 ***     0.009870 ***  -0.002932 *  
Sex                          -0.0183511        -0.235843 ***   0.010212    
Race                         -0.1512875 ***    -0.083582      -0.325168 ***
PovStat                       0.0183674         0.033933       0.038239    
CVDclusterdich                0.1280860 ***     0.365539 ***   0.145698 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0283599 *      -0.124799 *     0.027576    
PhysBMI                       0.0069879 ***     0.075957 ***   0.000910    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1060544 ***     0.180625 ***   0.009122    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0161361        -0.129009 **   -0.067849 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008332 *       0.001978       0.001389 *  

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1477498 ***     0.225224 ***  0.1100968 ***
sc                            0.0026041         0.011063     -0.0035685    
Age0                         -0.0026339 ***     0.010132 *** -0.0028953 *  
Sex                          -0.0162769        -0.227679 ***  0.0091436    
Race                         -0.1511628 ***    -0.084328     -0.3218447 ***
PovStat                       0.0152789         0.021490      0.0406148    
CVDclusterdich                0.1254031 ***     0.354686 **   0.1478822 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0269538        -0.130249 *    0.0280694    
PhysBMI                       0.0069747 ***     0.075919 ***  0.0008766    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1045062 ***     0.174646 ***  0.0096032    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0168851        -0.131789 **  -0.0679252 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008281 *       0.001964      0.0013743 *  

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1466215 ***     0.224342 ***  0.1092321 ***
ip                           -0.0006770        -0.017214     -0.0010591    
Age0                         -0.0027320 ***     0.009510 **  -0.0027892 *  
Sex                          -0.0185288        -0.236993 ***  0.0122646    
Race                         -0.1516946 ***    -0.087299     -0.3212144 ***
PovStat                       0.0187459         0.040032      0.0363923    
CVDclusterdich                0.1282001 ***     0.365606 ***  0.1439161 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0285583 *      -0.122477 *    0.0260031    
PhysBMI                       0.0069921 ***     0.075964 ***  0.0008488    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1062657 ***     0.182882 ***  0.0072975    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0159089        -0.125326 **  -0.0689422 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008381 *       0.002062      0.0013681 *  

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1466771 ***     0.224254 ***  0.1095229 ***
na                            0.0005407        -0.004039     -0.0018345    
Age0                         -0.0027012 ***     0.009598 *** -0.0028459 *  
Sex                          -0.0176961        -0.243607 ***  0.0093804    
Race                         -0.1512935 ***    -0.089190     -0.3224087 ***
PovStat                       0.0179772         0.039851      0.0381076    
CVDclusterdich                0.1276582 ***     0.371149 ***  0.1459797 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0281843 *      -0.121167 *    0.0270485    
PhysBMI                       0.0069894 ***     0.076029 ***  0.0008646    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1059441 ***     0.184103 ***  0.0082104    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0163572        -0.125573 **  -0.0679631 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008312 *       0.002028      0.0013788 *  

It's a little disappointing that there's only one significant association between a depression measure and an inflammatory marker (SC with WBC).

CES-D distributions are notoriously skewed. Let's check the distributions for the 1st set.

plot of chunk hist1.1 plot of chunk hist1.1 plot of chunk hist1.1 plot of chunk hist1.1 plot of chunk hist1.1

Maybe a log transform will make the distributions a little more symmetric?

plot of chunk hist1.2 plot of chunk hist1.2 plot of chunk hist1.2 plot of chunk hist1.2 plot of chunk hist1.2

Except for PA, the distributions look a little better. Let's re-run the analyses.

Re-examine the first set.


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1475980 ***     0.225856 ***  0.1104751 ***
CESimp                        0.0059970         0.026940     -0.0193991    
Age0                         -0.0029225 ***     0.008573 **  -0.0029656 *  
Sex                          -0.0162498        -0.222428 ***  0.0080037    
Race                         -0.1518141 ***    -0.090007     -0.3220509 ***
PovStat                       0.0166433         0.023648      0.0422386 *  
CVDclusterdich                0.1217929 ***     0.332298 **   0.1469057 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0229661        -0.153608 **   0.0278623    
PhysBMI                       0.0067310 ***     0.074556 ***  0.0008859    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0046095        -0.046053      0.0103603    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1064003 ***     0.187373 ***  0.0082754    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0150074        -0.118707 *   -0.0687206 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008251 *       0.001985      0.0013712 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0181270         0.090317      0.0064153    

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1474281 ***     0.225635 ***  0.1107216 ***
pa                           -0.0077737         0.028334      0.0534976    
Age0                         -0.0029607 ***     0.008162 **  -0.0029488 *  
Sex                          -0.0166713        -0.227364 ***  0.0080035    
Race                         -0.1517465 ***    -0.095307     -0.3247816 ***
PovStat                       0.0177667         0.031430      0.0398304    
CVDclusterdich                0.1224711 ***     0.336399 **   0.1451843 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0232257        -0.150588 *    0.0278537    
PhysBMI                       0.0067318 ***     0.074589 ***  0.0008959    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0046582        -0.046965      0.0102071    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1069657 ***     0.192655 ***  0.0076755    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0145740        -0.114933 *   -0.0693037 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008285 *       0.002039      0.0013773 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0186406         0.095039      0.0058361    

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1486964 ***     0.227233 ***  0.1101342 ***
sc                            0.0176433         0.082018 *   -0.0194535    
Age0                         -0.0028591 ***     0.008878 **  -0.0028913 *  
Sex                          -0.0155687        -0.219137 ***  0.0089485    
Race                         -0.1521455 ***    -0.091450     -0.3203612 ***
PovStat                       0.0146229         0.014028      0.0413544    
CVDclusterdich                0.1203195 ***     0.325322 **   0.1468079 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0222498        -0.157014 **   0.0276129    
PhysBMI                       0.0067123 ***     0.074469 ***  0.0008971    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0046054        -0.046013      0.0106413    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1050558 ***     0.180982 ***  0.0078337    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0156344        -0.121725 **  -0.0694320 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008234 *       0.001976      0.0013554 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0168677         0.084336      0.0060759    

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1474464 ***     0.226127 ***   0.109551 ***
ip                           -0.0050946        -0.054453      -0.007808    
Age0                         -0.0030301 ***     0.007841 **   -0.002808 *  
Sex                          -0.0169630        -0.225122 ***   0.010703    
Race                         -0.1526178 ***    -0.094748      -0.320321 ***
PovStat                       0.0186338         0.035880       0.038331    
CVDclusterdich                0.1223276 ***     0.333008 **    0.143874 ** 
DMMclusterdich                0.0234839        -0.151094 **    0.026332    
PhysBMI                       0.0067271 ***     0.074488 ***   0.000859    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0050317        -0.049736       0.010352    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1074867 ***     0.193393 ***   0.005638    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0139553        -0.111538 *    -0.070245 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008422 *       0.002117       0.001358 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0190712         0.095388       0.003999    

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1474389 ***     0.225805 ***  0.1100251 ***
na                            0.0030268        -0.021586     -0.0128289    
Age0                         -0.0029595 ***     0.008051 **  -0.0028764 *  
Sex                          -0.0162774        -0.231477 ***  0.0073224    
Race                         -0.1520225 ***    -0.095740     -0.3217910 ***
PovStat                       0.0174501         0.034860      0.0402838    
CVDclusterdich                0.1222554 ***     0.338389 **   0.1457561 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0231880        -0.149525 *    0.0274112    
PhysBMI                       0.0067393 ***     0.074548 ***  0.0008551    
MedHxAlcStatusNFC            -0.0046701        -0.047178      0.0104824    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1069653 ***     0.193833 ***  0.0067863    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0148058        -0.112498 *   -0.0689148 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008282 *       0.002058      0.0013662 *  
ThesisDrug                    0.0183955         0.097822      0.0060906    

Eliminate MedHxAlcStatusNFC and ThesisDrug


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1469112 ***     0.224413 ***  0.1102288 ***
CESimp                        0.0067378         0.031052     -0.0193559    
Age0                         -0.0026587 ***     0.010050 *** -0.0029569 *  
Sex                          -0.0175883        -0.232908 ***  0.0095095    
Race                         -0.1509920 ***    -0.083361     -0.3230839 ***
PovStat                       0.0169137         0.027840      0.0408569    
CVDclusterdich                0.1270760 ***     0.361372 ***  0.1473468 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0277314        -0.127227 *    0.0281785    
PhysBMI                       0.0069765 ***     0.075921 ***  0.0008995    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1052536 ***     0.177470 ***  0.0100457    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0166908        -0.131206 **  -0.0671810 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008261 *       0.001952      0.0013913 *  

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1467042 ***     0.224075 ***  0.1104865 ***
pa                           -0.0091942         0.019853      0.0536751    
Age0                         -0.0026927 ***     0.009692 *** -0.0029471 *  
Sex                          -0.0180687        -0.238317 ***  0.0094898    
Race                         -0.1508622 ***    -0.088170     -0.3258256 ***
PovStat                       0.0181581         0.036334      0.0384911    
CVDclusterdich                0.1279861 ***     0.367322 ***  0.1455018 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0281485 *      -0.122836 *    0.0280619    
PhysBMI                       0.0069844 ***     0.076018 ***  0.0009037    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1058534 ***     0.182782 ***  0.0094387    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0162506        -0.127604 **  -0.0677568 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008299 *       0.002008      0.0013970 *  

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1480870 ***     0.225895 ***  0.1098788 ***
sc                            0.0184973 *       0.086533 *   -0.0192773    
Age0                         -0.0026130 ***     0.010268 *** -0.0028880 *  
Sex                          -0.0168883        -0.229567 ***  0.0105236    
Race                         -0.1514026 ***    -0.085236     -0.3214312 ***
PovStat                       0.0149153         0.018376      0.0399151    
CVDclusterdich                0.1252558 ***     0.352775 **   0.1471029 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0267178        -0.132023 *    0.0278036    
PhysBMI                       0.0069421 ***     0.075759 ***  0.0009044    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1039258 ***     0.171190 ***  0.0096425    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0172444        -0.133842 **  -0.0678353 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008243 *       0.001943      0.0013758 *  

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1466745 ***     0.224484 ***  0.1093228 ***
ip                           -0.0043555        -0.048574     -0.0086664    
Age0                         -0.0027534 ***     0.009410 **  -0.0028359 *  
Sex                          -0.0185160        -0.237021 ***  0.0122951    
Race                         -0.1517888 ***    -0.087870     -0.3214161 ***
PovStat                       0.0190504         0.040858      0.0370748    
CVDclusterdich                0.1280728 ***     0.364835 ***  0.1436435 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0285951 *      -0.122711 *    0.0260954    
PhysBMI                       0.0069893 ***     0.075952 ***  0.0008427    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1063417 ***     0.183217 ***  0.0074639    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0157297        -0.124888 **  -0.0685390 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008428 *       0.002077      0.0013785 *  

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1467332 ***     0.224190 ***   0.109776 ***
na                            0.0037990        -0.017124      -0.012765    
Age0                         -0.0026931 ***     0.009624 ***  -0.002872 *  
Sex                          -0.0175365        -0.241824 ***   0.008872    
Race                         -0.1511623 ***    -0.088693      -0.322838 ***
PovStat                       0.0177400         0.039177       0.038886    
CVDclusterdich                0.1276190 ***     0.369586 ***   0.146092 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0280073 *      -0.121344 *     0.027632    
PhysBMI                       0.0069895 ***     0.076017 ***   0.000864    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1058309 ***     0.183767 ***   0.008582    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0165448        -0.125732 **   -0.067344 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008289 *       0.002026       0.001386 *  

Try some interactions


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           1.502e-01 ***     0.227740 ***  0.1194693 ***
CESimp                        9.024e-02         0.404660      0.0716465    
Age0                          8.556e-04         0.036642 *   -0.0008463    
Sex                          -2.227e-02         0.939778     -0.1501388    
Race                          3.466e-01         1.901486      0.2757633    
PovStat                       1.619e-02         0.023769      0.0399259    
CVDclusterdich                1.251e-01 ***     0.370886 ***  0.1451501 ***
DMMclusterdich                2.729e-02        -0.122880 *    0.0298757    
PhysBMI                       6.821e-03 ***     0.075817 ***  0.0004693    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       1.053e-01 ***     0.180492 ***  0.0116700    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -1.574e-02        -0.126777 **  -0.0650982 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             8.873e-04 *       0.001992      0.0014779 *  
CESimp:Age0                  -1.457e-03        -0.007919     -0.0012646    
CESimp:Sex                   -3.485e-03        -0.430277     -0.0658616    
Age0:Sex                     -2.417e-05        -0.027769      0.0060528    
CESimp:Race                  -1.852e-01        -0.586552     -0.1864508    
Age0:Race                    -8.695e-03        -0.037435     -0.0077382    
Sex:Race                     -1.332e-01        -1.433896     -0.0202791    
CESimp:Age0:Sex               2.403e-04         0.010693      0.0007136    
CESimp:Age0:Race              3.290e-03         0.010924      0.0023460    
CESimp:Sex:Race               3.163e-02         0.582705      0.0731036    
Age0:Sex:Race                 2.683e-03         0.026803     -0.0070606    
CESimp:Age0:Sex:Race         -8.383e-04        -0.011545      0.0007139    

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           1.484e-01 ***     0.227409 ***  0.1192491 ***
pa                           -9.203e-02        -0.528010      0.0708242    
Age0                         -7.804e-03        -0.014578     -0.0014679    
Sex                          -4.501e-01        -1.652103      0.5785158    
Race                         -7.299e-02        -3.098452     -0.5294154    
PovStat                       1.830e-02         0.030699      0.0375842    
CVDclusterdich                1.258e-01 ***     0.368132 ***  0.1430427 ***
DMMclusterdich                2.823e-02 *      -0.121126 *    0.0304003    
PhysBMI                       6.933e-03 ***     0.075654 ***  0.0004492    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       1.067e-01 ***     0.186353 ***  0.0105113    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -1.593e-02        -0.123394 **  -0.0643398 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             8.658e-04 *       0.002184      0.0014377 *  
pa:Age0                       2.163e-03         0.013597     -0.0011702    
pa:Sex                        1.756e-01         0.648701     -0.3827145    
Age0:Sex                      1.113e-02         0.046887     -0.0164846    
pa:Race                      -2.116e-02         1.514368      0.1337237    
Age0:Race                    -6.027e-05         0.067011      0.0010694    
Sex:Race                     -7.380e-01         4.057002     -1.9829422    
pa:Age0:Sex                  -4.488e-03        -0.020824      0.0104291    
pa:Age0:Race                 -1.741e-04        -0.033160     -0.0010251    
pa:Sex:Race                   2.982e-01        -1.716159      0.9271693    
Age0:Sex:Race                 1.312e-02        -0.098042      0.0518079    
pa:Age0:Sex:Race             -5.399e-03         0.041053     -0.0246565    

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1532995 ***     0.229977 ***  0.1190072 ***
sc                            0.1633999         0.963610 *    0.1429646    
Age0                          0.0017571         0.048815 **   0.0006962    
Sex                           0.0356197         1.561464     -0.0697280    
Race                          0.4038721         2.175095 *    0.2785156    
PovStat                       0.0135346         0.012315      0.0377590    
CVDclusterdich                0.1232695 ***     0.364493 ***  0.1433043 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0263134        -0.129429 *    0.0302823    
PhysBMI                       0.0067176 ***     0.075257 ***  0.0004179    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1036906 ***     0.171697 ***  0.0105223    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0163889        -0.127455 **  -0.0658733 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008854 *       0.001947      0.0014746 *  
sc:Age0                      -0.0024957        -0.017208 *   -0.0025534    
sc:Sex                       -0.0383001        -0.907570     -0.1345874    
Age0:Sex                     -0.0011856        -0.037006      0.0043004    
sc:Race                      -0.2805168 *      -0.946340     -0.2551668    
Age0:Race                    -0.0093574        -0.041275 *   -0.0080311    
Sex:Race                     -0.3156403        -1.226822     -0.2078460    
sc:Age0:Sex                   0.0010296         0.019290      0.0019595    
sc:Age0:Race                  0.0047997         0.016989      0.0033958    
sc:Sex:Race                   0.1436777         0.679468      0.2076132    
Age0:Sex:Race                 0.0064006         0.021703     -0.0029657    
sc:Age0:Sex:Race             -0.0032192        -0.013014     -0.0014604    

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1480506 ***    0.2287911 ***  0.1173474 ***
ip                           -0.0061793       -0.7359699      0.1048243    
Age0                         -0.0028776        0.0105314     -0.0032142    
Sex                          -0.0366131       -0.2688381     -0.3219735    
Race                         -0.1273014       -0.0052491     -0.1194859    
PovStat                       0.0194708        0.0395930      0.0367887    
CVDclusterdich                0.1252780 ***    0.3614245 ***  0.1385806 ** 
DMMclusterdich                0.0289485 *     -0.1144574 *    0.0287061    
PhysBMI                       0.0068828 ***    0.0760302 ***  0.0003392    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1068252 ***    0.1836820 ***  0.0088879    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0151712       -0.1205471 **  -0.0644595 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008563 *      0.0019222      0.0014760 *  
ip:Age0                      -0.0001741        0.0113487     -0.0017484    
ip:Sex                       -0.0328664        0.2783817     -0.0353774    
Age0:Sex                      0.0002155       -0.0008585      0.0080201    
ip:Race                       0.0029293        0.8354787     -0.1733088    
Age0:Race                    -0.0004172       -0.0022813     -0.0024514    
Sex:Race                      0.0123706       -0.0816276      0.2462886    
ip:Age0:Sex                   0.0014565       -0.0011489      0.0006688    
ip:Age0:Race                  0.0001241       -0.0152072      0.0018605    
ip:Sex:Race                  -0.0742666        0.1817882     -0.0812657    
Age0:Sex:Race                -0.0001812        0.0010942     -0.0078940    
ip:Age0:Sex:Race              0.0006151       -0.0057069      0.0033719    

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1495919 ***     0.228242 ***  0.1174961 ***
na                            0.0657020         0.350506      0.0834083    
Age0                         -0.0013389         0.027134 **  -0.0016806    
Sex                           0.0129231         0.590029     -0.1484815    
Race                          0.0850836         1.533850 *    0.0373854    
PovStat                       0.0182487         0.036268      0.0389041    
CVDclusterdich                0.1260640 ***     0.373492 ***  0.1426299 ** 
DMMclusterdich                0.0275992        -0.116763 *    0.0294736    
PhysBMI                       0.0068604 ***     0.075995 ***  0.0005111    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1066076 ***     0.187688 ***  0.0112270    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0154930        -0.121397 **  -0.0649188 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008892 *       0.002091      0.0014833 *  
na:Age0                      -0.0010309        -0.007423     -0.0016323    
na:Sex                       -0.0300970        -0.538845     -0.1308436    
Age0:Sex                     -0.0003382        -0.018181      0.0047982    
na:Race                      -0.1453087        -0.795353 *   -0.1741760    
Age0:Race                    -0.0040260        -0.031279 *   -0.0052022    
Sex:Race                     -0.0900291        -1.361907     -0.0745551    
na:Age0:Sex                   0.0006315         0.012644      0.0024350    
na:Age0:Race                  0.0025518         0.015320 *    0.0026158    
na:Sex:Race                   0.0083477         1.053303      0.1981335    
Age0:Sex:Race                 0.0012415         0.026968     -0.0022719    
na:Age0:Sex:Race             -0.0001113        -0.022262     -0.0027636    

Looks like we can eliminate sex (and some other interactions):


CES-D (imputed):
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1489515 ***     0.219610 ***  0.1124197 ***
CESimp                        0.0908333         0.223525      0.0698341    
Age0                          0.0009340         0.023841      0.0032390    
Race                          0.2842699         1.166749      0.3063738    
PovStat                       0.0176008         0.042286      0.0384663    
CVDclusterdich                0.1259838 ***     0.354446 **   0.1504577 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0270617        -0.125396 *    0.0286054    
PhysBMI                       0.0071136 ***     0.078757 ***  0.0006835    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1042124 ***     0.166848 ***  0.0102249    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0188056        -0.161430 *** -0.0641900 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008229 *       0.001390      0.0014911 *  
CESimp:Age0                  -0.0013950        -0.003152     -0.0015898    
CESimp:Race                  -0.1703860 *      -0.307754     -0.1739990    
Age0:Race                    -0.0074727        -0.022839     -0.0117363    
CESimp:Age0:Race              0.0029229         0.005177      0.0030845    

PA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1462405 ***     0.218926 ***  0.1124953 ***
pa                           -0.0563926        -0.436088     -0.0634603    
Age0                         -0.0052474        -0.004224     -0.0066805    
Race                         -0.3090583        -1.781773     -1.1593879    
PovStat                       0.0199518         0.052376      0.0358166    
CVDclusterdich                0.1269577 ***     0.359699 ***  0.1467992 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0283141 *      -0.119860 *    0.0289682    
PhysBMI                       0.0072131 ***     0.078925 ***  0.0006907    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1051566 ***     0.173257 ***  0.0100202    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0189738        -0.159452 *** -0.0654768 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0007813 *       0.001432      0.0014897 *  
pa:Age0                       0.0011649         0.008753      0.0025795    
pa:Race                       0.0713481         0.945167      0.4391051    
Age0:Race                     0.0043982         0.034443      0.0182541    
pa:Age0:Race                 -0.0019586        -0.019239     -0.0095129    

SC:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1518351 ***     0.222216 ***  0.1120160 ***
sc                            0.1482977 *       0.545732      0.1170880    
Age0                          0.0012449         0.030537 **   0.0039276    
Race                          0.2792327         1.438747      0.2399125    
PovStat                       0.0148876         0.031187      0.0371349    
CVDclusterdich                0.1242597 ***     0.347349 **   0.1506481 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0261340        -0.129738 *    0.0286106    
PhysBMI                       0.0069890 ***     0.078318 ***  0.0006466    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1026832 ***     0.160261 ***  0.0097619    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0192670        -0.163844 *** -0.0649566 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008269 *       0.001430      0.0014644 *  
sc:Age0                      -0.0020800        -0.008003     -0.0025101    
sc:Race                      -0.2264545 *      -0.570014     -0.1969145    
Age0:Race                    -0.0068432        -0.026871     -0.0104252    
sc:Age0:Race                  0.0035860         0.009302      0.0034289    

IP:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1461974 ***    0.2204517 ***  0.1114442 ***
ip                           -0.0208843       -0.6279948      0.0804300    
Age0                         -0.0028168 *      0.0098321      0.0001179    
Race                         -0.1253030       -0.0961420     -0.0220770    
PovStat                       0.0205679        0.0623641      0.0345808    
CVDclusterdich                0.1270833 ***    0.3541665 **   0.1460921 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0288150 *     -0.1175777 *    0.0269729    
PhysBMI                       0.0072081 ***    0.0791099 ***  0.0005990    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1055719 ***    0.1720273 ***  0.0078350    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0182296       -0.1573504 *** -0.0650695 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0007943 *      0.0013506      0.0014539 *  
ip:Age0                       0.0004761        0.0111683     -0.0012798    
ip:Race                      -0.0271119        0.9601798 *   -0.1930020    
Age0:Race                    -0.0004232       -0.0006817     -0.0056785 *  
ip:Age0:Race                  0.0003386       -0.0186052 *    0.0030155    

NA:
                        logLabResWBCimp     logLabResCRP     logNLratio    
Rsq                           0.1482148 ***     0.219377 ***  0.1114181 ***
na                            0.0556425         0.144045      0.0577675    
Age0                         -0.0014610         0.018854 **   0.0010692    
Race                          0.0348268         0.854071      0.0145404    
PovStat                       0.0194486         0.055288      0.0374789    
CVDclusterdich                0.1264021 ***     0.360463 ***  0.1495607 ***
DMMclusterdich                0.0273337        -0.120977 *    0.0280699    
PhysBMI                       0.0071639 ***     0.078989 ***  0.0007041    
MedHxCigaretteStatusNFC       0.1052971 ***     0.173689 ***  0.0090948    
MedHxHardDrugNFC             -0.0187606        -0.157800 *** -0.0647943 ***
PhysMeanSBPsitimp             0.0008302 *       0.001490      0.0014825 *  
na:Age0                      -0.0008136        -0.002270     -0.0013078    
na:Race                      -0.1346968        -0.340956     -0.1109883    
Age0:Race                    -0.0032927        -0.017696     -0.0066036    
na:Age0:Race                  0.0023894         0.005761      0.0020039    

It appears as though there's a weak relationship between depressive symptoms and inflammatory markers, but the restricted range and funky distributions seem to interfere with straightforward analyses. It seems like there's something here, but it may take some incremental model building to see what's going on. It might be valuable to start with NA (for example), age, sex, race, and poverty status with all their interactions to see whether some combination of interactions reveals a pattern of relationships with inflammatory markers. I would add the other covariates afterwards to see which moderators kill the association.

These scatterplots illustrate part of the problem.

Here's untransformed CRP with NA:

plot of chunk scat1

log(CRP) with NA:

plot of chunk scat2

log(CRP) with log(NA):

plot of chunk scat3