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Table 2 Logistic regression of gender, age, number of chronic medical conditions, social factors on depression

From: The influence of multi-morbidity and self-reported socio-economic standing on the prevalence of depression in an elderly Hong Kong population

Variable

N

Freq. (%)/Mean (SD)

Crude Odds ratio (95% CI)

Adj. Odds ratio (95% CI) of model 11

Adj. Odds ratio (95% CI) of model 22

  

Controls

Depressed

   

N

3394

3114 (91.8%)

280 (8.2%)

   

Sex

      

   Male

1901

1747 (91.9%)

154 (8.1%)

1

1

1

   Female

1493

1367 (91.6%)

126 (8.4%)

1.05 (0.82, 1.34)

0.69 (0.47, 1.02)

1.27 (0.83, 1.94)

Age

      

   65–69

1211

1118 (92.3%)

93 (7.7%)

1

1

1

   70–74

1204

1111 (92.3%)

93 (7.7%)

1.01 (0.75, 1.36)

0.78 (0.54, 1.13)

0.75 (0.50, 1.12)

   75 or above

979

885 (90.4%)

94 (9.6%)

1.28 (0.95, 1.72)

0.94 (0.64, 1.39)

1.03 (0.67, 1.56)

No. of chronic diseases*

3394

2.3 (1.6)

3.1 (1.7)

1.27 (1.19, 1.36)

1.29 (1.19, 1.41)

1.27 (1.16, 1.39)

Current marital status

      

   Married or living in a married-like relationship

2541

2358 (92.8%)

183 (7.2%)

1

1

1

   Single/Divorced/separated/widowed

853

756 (88.6%)

97 (11.4%)

1.65 (1.28, 2.14)

1.72 (1.20, 2.47)

1.43 (0.97, 2.12)

Education level

      

   No education

494

445 (90.1%)

49 (9.9%)

1

1

1

   Primary or below

1791

1626 (90.8%)

165 (9.2%)

0.92 (0.66, 1.29)

0.97 (0.61, 1.53)

0.95 (0.58, 1.58)

   Secondary or above

1109

1043 (94.1%)

66 (6.0%)

0.57 (0.39, 0.85)

0.75 (0.44, 1.25)

1.00 (0.57, 1.77)

Max income

      

   0–1999

596

545 (91.4%)

51 (8.6%)

1

1

1

   2000–5999

579

520 (89.8%)

59 (10.2%)

1.21 (0.82, 1.80)

1.18 (0.78, 1.78)

1.07 (0.68, 1.67)

   6000–11999

688

632 (91.9%)

56 (8.1%)

0.95 (0.64, 1.41)

0.97 (0.61, 1.53)

1.07 (0.66, 1.74)

   12000 or above

694

664 (95.7%)

30 (4.3%)

0.48 (0.30, 0.77)

0.52 (0.30, 0.90)

0.71 (0.40, 1.26)

SES ladder – HK*

3394

4.7 (1.8)

3.3 (1.8)

0.65 (0.60, 0.70)

-

0.75 (0.67, 0.83)

SES ladder – community*

3394

6.9 (2.1)

5.2 (2.6)

0.71 (0.67, 0.76)

-

0.76 (0.70, 0.82)

  1. *odd ratio representing per 1 unit increase
  2. 1model 1 includes all variables except SES ladders
  3. 2model 2 includes all variables