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Table 2 RDD estimates of a T2DM diagnosis

From: Sick and depressed? The causal impact of a diabetes diagnosis on depression

 

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Above [0,1]

0.196*** (0.032)

0.193*** (0.031)

0.110*** (0.025)

0.094*** (0.025)

0.088*** (0.025)

Above * Normalised HbA1c

-0.236*** (0.025)

-0.213*** (0.024)

-0.162*** (0.017)

-0.190*** (0.019)

-0.187*** (0.019)

Running Variable:

 Normalised HbA1c

0.247*** (0.025)

0.231*** (0.024)

0.163*** (0.017)

0.188*** (0.019)

0.185*** (0.018)

Attributes:

 Years of Age

 

0.001* (0.000)

-0.004*** (0.000)

-0.001*** (0.000)

-0.001*** (0.000)

 Female [0,1]

 

-0.024*** (0.005)

-0.043*** (0.005)

-0.044*** (0.004)

-0.044*** (0.004)

 Not Living Alone [0,1]

 

0.004 (0.005)

-0.021*** (0.005)

-0.016** (0.005)

-0.018*** (0.005)

 Active [0,1]

 

-0.106*** (0.009)

-0.075*** (0.007)

-0.011* (0.005)

-0.012* (0.005)

 Immigrant [0,1 l

 

-0.148*** (0.020)

-0.067*** (0.018)

-0.029 (0.015)

-0.041** (0.015)

 Onset of T2DM

  

0.066*** (0.006)

0.075*** (0.005)

0.075*** (0.005)

Pre-existing Conditions:

 Hypertension [0,1]

  

0.084*** (0.005)

0.056*** (0.004)

0.054*** (0.004)

 Dyslipedimia [0,1]

  

0.054*** (0.003)

0.037*** (0.004)

0.038*** (0.004)

 Asthma

  

0.004 (0.007)

0.008 (0.007)

0.011 (0.007)

 Neoplasies-cancer

  

0.020** (0.007)

0.019** (0.006)

0.017** (0.006)

 COPD

  

-0.005 (0.007)

-0.016** (0.006)

-0.019** (0.007)

Time FE

   

Area FE

   

GP FE

    

Observations

39,688

39,594

34,359

34,356

34,319

  1. The Table reports RDD estimates of a T2DM diagnosis. Although not shown in the Table, estimates are conditional on time, area, and GP fixed effects. Robust standard errors are clustered on the running variable. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001