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Table 2 Associations between anxiety/depression and socioeconomic risk factors, in participants born in Iraq and Sweden

From: Physical inactivity is strongly associated with anxiety and depression in Iraqi immigrants to Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Risk factor

Born in Iraq

Born in Sweden

N = 1095

N = 577

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age (years)

0.99

0.97

1.00

0.98+

0.95

0.99

Male sex

0.69+

0.51

0.94

0.76

0.50

1.16

Living alone

0.73

0.45

1.19

2.10++

1.36

3.25

BMI (kg/m2)

1.02

0.99

1.06

0.98

0.94

1.03

Physical activity < 150 min/week

2.00+++

1.49

2.69

1.47

0.95

2.29

Education level < HS

1.28

0.93

1.77

0.72

0.35

1.48

Unemployed

1.11

0.71

1.73

0.64

0.17

2.37

Economic insecurity

2.16+++

1.56

3.01

2.38++

1.38

4.12

Can’t trust people

1.75+++

1.28

2.39

1.07

0.64

1.77

Low social participation*

1.08

0.75

1.57

1.51

0.94

2.43

Smoking

1.43+

1.02

2.01

0.85

0.51

1.40

Alcohol consumption

0.94

0.66

1.34

0.82

0.45

1.48

  1. BMI = body mass index, HS = high school.
  2. Data were adjusted for age, male sex, living alone, BMI, physical activity less than 150 min/week, education less than high school, unemployment, economic insecurity, trust in people, social participation, smoking and alcohol consumption.
  3. *Participation in fewer than four social activities in last 12 months.
  4. Associations are expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and were calculated using logistic regression.
  5. +p-value < 0.05, ++p-value < 0.01, +++p-value < 0.001.
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