Association between the social isolation and depressive symptoms after the great East Japan earthquake: findings from the baseline survey of the TMM CommCohort study

Table 2 Adjusted ORs (95% CI) of depressive symptoms according to house damage, death of family members due to the GEJE, and social isolation by sex

	Male (n = 18,423)				Female (n = 30,535)
	No. of Cases with Depressive Symptoms / No. of subjects	OR	95% CI	P Value	No. of cases with Depressive Symptoms / No. of Subjects	OR	95% CI	P Value
House damage
Undamaged	1487 / 8286	1.00	reference		3697 / 14,128	1.00	reference
Half-damaged	1636 / 8363	1.20	1.10–1.32	< 0.001	3880 / 13,320	1.18	1.11–1.25	< 0.001
Totally damaged	523 / 1774	1.69	1.46–1.94	< 0.001	1174 / 3087	1.48	1.34–1.63	< 0.001
Death of family members due to the GEJE	1557 / 7188	1.16	1.06–1.27	0.002	5074 / 18,964	1.24	1.16–1.32	< 0.001
Social isolation	1592 / 5309	1.87	1.72–2.04	< 0.001	3177 / 7295	2.13	2.00–2.26	< 0.001

OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
Depressive symptoms, CES-D ≥ 16; social isolation, LSNS-6 < 12
Adjusted for age; survey year; area; education level; marital status; number of household members; working status; smoking habits; drinking habits; past or current major illness; BMI; AIS; and survey year*area
Statistical significance, P < 0.05

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