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Table 4 Mental disorders in Turkish, respectively Polish 1st generation migrants vs. native Germans: logistic multivariable regression

From: Depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation among 1st and 2nd generation migrants - results from the Gutenberg health study

Variables

OR

95 % CI

p-value

OR

95 % CI

p-value

 

Depression

Anxiety

Turkish vs. native German

2.40

(1.40–4.13)

0.0015

1.77

(0.973.23)

0.0643

Polish vs. native German

1.22

(0.801.86)

0.36

1.20

(0.781.87)

0.40

Sex (Women)

1.54

(1.32–1.79)

0.0000

1.64

(1.41–1.92)

0.0000

Age (years)

0.97

(0.97–0.98)

0.0000

0.97

(0.97–0.98)

0.0000

Socioeconomic status

0.97

(0.97–0.98)

0.0000

0.96

(0.94–0.98)

0.0000

 

Social phobia

Type D

Turkish vs. native German

1.68

(0.823.41)

0.15

1.52

(0.992.32)

0.0530

Polish vs. native German

1.07

(0.601.89)

0.82

1.79

(1.39–2.30)

0.0000

Sex (Women)

1.51

(1.24–1.84)

0.0000

1.05

(0.961.14)

0.29

Age (years)

0.96

(0.95–0.97)

0.0000

0.98

(0.98–0.99)

0.0000

Socioeconomic status

0.94

(0.95–0.97)

0.0000

0.94

(0.93–0.95)

0.0000

 

Panic

Suicidal ideation

Turkish vs. native German

2.62

(1.48–4.64)

0.0010

3.02

(1.80–5.04)

0.0000

Polish vs. native German

1.20

(0.741.93)

0.45

1.80

(1.26–2.58)

0.0014

Sex (Women)

1.65

(1.40–1.95)

0.0000

1.20

(1.04–1.38)

0.0120

Age (years)

0.98

(0.97–0.99)

0.0000

1.00

(1.001.01)

0.41

Socioeconomic status

0.96

(0.94–0.98)

0.0000

0.93

(0.91–0.94)

0.0000

  1. Multivariable regression analysis comparing Turkish, respectively Polish with other 1st generation migrants; additionally, sex, age and socioeconomic status were entered into the equation
  2. OR odds ratio, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval; significant OR’s in bold type