Table 2 Association between dietary live microbes and depression with ALL-cause mortality in hypertensive patients across Cox proportional hazards models

PHQ9

1.017(1.004,1.030)

0.009

1.040(1.027,1.053)

< 0.0001

1.031(1.018,1.044)

< 0.0001

PHQ9<10

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PHQ9 ≥ 10

1.234(1.020,1.494)

0.031

1.553(1.298,1.857)

< 0.0001

1.408(1.167,1.699)

< 0.001

Low dietary microbes

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Middle dietary microbes

0.778(0.690,0.877)

< 0.0001

0.727(0.654,0.808)

< 0.0001

0.759(0.687,0.839)

< 0.0001

High dietary microbes

0.507(0.425,0.605)

< 0.0001

0.608(0.509,0.727)

< 0.0001

0.654(0.555,0.771)

< 0.0001