Association between depressive symptoms (BDI-II total score) and myocardial ischemia severity, as quantified by the SDS with mental stress and with physical (exercise or pharmacological) stress.

Abbreviations: BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory-II; SDS: summed difference score; CI: confidence interval; CAD: coronary artery disease.†The β coefficient expresses the difference in SDS score points with a 1-point increase in BDI-II total score. Each model was constructed with SSS as dependent variable adjusting for the rest score (SRS). SE: standard error.‡Sex, employment, race, marital status and cigarette smoking.§Gensini angiographic CAD severity score, left ventricular ejection fraction, hypertension, diabetes, BMI, previous revascularization procedures, use of statins, beta-blockers, and anti-depressants.