Co-morbid depression is associated with poor work outcomes in persons with cardiovascular disease (CVD): A large, nationally representative survey in the Australian population

Table 5 Logistic regression model for the relationship between impaired work functioning and disease group, by hours worked (n = 5499)

Amount of difficulty in day to day work⁺	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Jack-knife	Confidence
	OR	OR ±	Standard Error	intervals
< 35 hours per week
Neither CVD nor MDD	1.0	1.0
MDD only	3.1*	3.4*	0.64	2.3, 5.0
CVD only	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3, 1.6
Co-morbid MDD & CVD	5.9*	4.5*	2.2	1.7, 11.8
≥35 hours per week
MDD only	4.6*	4.0*	0.6	2.9, 5.6
CVD only	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.5, 1.7
Co-morbid MDD & CVD	14.9*	10.6*	5.3	3.9, 29.0

± = Adjusted for age, sex, country of birth, education, smoking, chronic lifetime physical condition

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