Methamphetamine use is associated with high levels of depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults in Rural Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Table 2 Crude Prevalence Odds Ratios Indicating Odds of Endorsing High Levels of Depressive Symptoms among Demographic and Drug Use Behavior Characteristics

	Crude prevalence odds Ratio	Confidence Interval	ρ-value
Age	1.43	1.03–1.98	<0.05
Gender	2.05	1.50–2.82	<0.001
Highest level of education^a	0.93	0.66–1.33	0.71
Current school attendance	1.57	1.15–2.13	<0.05
Employed^b	1.21	0.88–1.65	0.24
Residence	0.93	0.66–1.33	0.71
Lifetime MA use	1.48	1.04–2.11	<0.05
Recent MA use^c	1.80	0.96–3.38	<0.10
Lifetime polydrug use	1.31	0.91–1.89	0.15
Recent polydrug use^d	0.50	0.19–1.32	0.16
Lifetime alcohol consumption	0.94	0.67–1.32	0.74
Recent Alcohol consumption^e	1.10	0.76–1.60	0.61

Age categorized into two groups: 14–17 years of age and 18–29 years of age
Employed categorized into Full-time, part-time or irregular work compared to unemployed. Highest level of education categorized primary, secondary or high school compared to vocational school or college. Residence categorized as living with parents compared to living without parents
MA methamphetamine
^a N = 2046
^b N = 1972
^c N = 394
^d N = 382
^e N = 1501

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