Of the total effect of reaction time in adolescence on depression scores at age 36 years, 17% was mediated through allostatic load before adjustment for covariates, although this mediating effect did not reach statistical significance after adjustment.
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Reaction time in adolescence, cumulative allostatic load, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in adulthood: the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study.
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Part of the effect of reaction time on depression was mediated through allostatic load; this mediating role was of borderline significance after adjustment.
Part of the effect of reaction time on HADS depression score was mediated through cumulative allostatic load and educational attainment, but formal tests of these mediating effects did not reach conventional levels of significance after adjustment.