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Table 2 Associations of socioeconomic status with clinically relevant depression

From: The influence of Life’s Essential 8 on the link between socioeconomic status and depression in adults: a mediation analysis

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR (95% CI)

P-Value

OR (95% CI)

P-Value

OR (95% CI)

P-Value

Total sample

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.338 (0.265 to 0.43)

< 0.01

0.346 (0.266 to 0.452)

< 0.01

0.353 (0.272 to 0.457)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.199 (0.132 to 0.302)

< 0.01

0.206 (0.133 to 0.319)

< 0.01

0.21 (0.136 to 0.325)

< 0.01

Sex

      

 Male

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.34 (0.204 to 0.565)

< 0.01

0.352 (0.206 to 0.601)

< 0.01

0.366 (0.216 to 0.619)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.182 (0.114 to 0.289)

< 0.01

0.167 (0.1 to 0.28)

< 0.01

0.172 (0.104 to 0.285)

< 0.01

 Female

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.344 (0.237 to 0.497)

< 0.01

0.345 (0.228 to 0.522)

< 0.01

0.351 (0.231 to 0.533)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.218 (0.13 to 0.366)

< 0.01

0.232 (0.129 to 0.418)

< 0.01

0.235 (0.127 to 0.435)

< 0.01

Age groups

      

 20–39

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.371 (0.232 to 0.593)

< 0.01

0.402 (0.247 to 0.656)

< 0.01

0.401 (0.248 to 0.649)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.376 (0.21 to 0.673)

< 0.01

0.437 (0.212 to 0.897)

0.03

0.435 (0.212 to 0.894)

0.03

 40–59

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.245 (0.136 to 0.44)

< 0.01

0.268 (0.15 to 0.48)

< 0.01

0.278 (0.157 to 0.495)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.146 (0.079 to 0.269)

< 0.01

0.153 (0.075 to 0.31)

< 0.01

0.153 (0.074 to 0.316)

< 0.01

 ≥60

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.443 (0.31 to 0.633)

< 0.01

0.395 (0.256 to 0.611)

< 0.01

0.414 (0.263 to 0.651)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.154 (0.067 to 0.355)

< 0.01

0.141 (0.057 to 0.352)

< 0.01

0.157 (0.063 to 0.394)

< 0.01

Race

      

 MA

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.402 (0.179 to 0.904)

0.03

0.493 (0.196 to 1.244)

0.13

0.469 (0.17 to 1.29)

0.13

  High SES

0.199 (0.033 to 1.206)

0.08

0.205 (0.03 to 1.402)

0.1

0.191 (0.027 to 1.338)

0.09

 Hispanic

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.555 (0.273 to 1.131)

0.1

0.55 (0.251 to 1.204)

0.13

0.574 (0.255 to 1.291)

0.17

  High SES

0.112 (0.013 to 0.965)

0.04

0.103 (0.011 to 0.977)

0.04

0.104 (0.011 to 0.964)

0.04

 NHW

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.239 (0.17 to 0.338)

< 0.01

0.272 (0.192 to 0.385)

< 0.01

0.287 (0.202 to 0.407)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.159 (0.096 to 0.265)

< 0.01

0.196 (0.114 to 0.336)

< 0.01

0.208 (0.122 to 0.352)

< 0.01

 NHB

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.438 (0.268 to 0.714)

< 0.01

0.468 (0.283 to 0.774)

< 0.01

0.484 (0.288 to 0.814)

< 0.01

  High SES

0.17 (0.067 to 0.434)

< 0.01

0.187 (0.073 to 0.479)

< 0.01

0.191 (0.074 to 0.493)

< 0.01

 Other Race

      

  Low SES

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  Medium SES

0.523 (0.169 to 1.612)

0.25

0.514 (0.188 to 1.407)

0.19

0.475 (0.168 to 1.339)

0.15

  High SES

0.207 (0.071 to 0.602)

< 0.01

0.178 (0.045 to 0.707)

0.02

0.158 (0.036 to 0.699)

0.02

  1. Abbreviations: MA: Mexican American; NHW: non-hispanic white; NHB: non-hispanic black; FIPR: the ratio of family income to poverty; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval
  2. Model 1: not adjusted for covariates
  3. Model 2: adjusted for sex, age, race, marital status, and family size
  4. Model 3: adjusted for sex, age, race, marital status, family size, alcohol consumption and stroke