The cross-interaction between global and age-comparative self-rated health on depressive symptoms–considering both the individual and combined effects

Table 4 Multivariate analysis among all subjects, with the combined effect (SRH-combined) between general SRH (SRH-global) and age-comparative SRH (SRH-age)

	CESD
	beta	SE	p-value
Combined effect beetween current health status and expected health status in the aged
LL [Low-Low]	0.654	0.075	<.0001
LM [Low-Middle]	0.210	0.071	0.003
LH [Low-High]	−0.216	0.128	0.093
ML [Middle-Low]	0.360	0.106	0.001
MM [Middle-Middle]	ref
MH [Middle-High]	−0.696	0.066	<.0001
HL [High-Low]	0.536	0.143	<.0001
HM [High-Middle]	−0.117	0.074	0.115
HH [High-High]	−0.545	0.064	<.0001
Year
2008	ref
2010	−0.046	0.036	0.204
2012	−0.158	0.037	<.0001
Sex
Male	0.131	0.044	0.003
Female	ref
Age
−54	ref
55–64	−0.092	0.057	0.108
65–74	−0.051	0.070	0.471
75−	0.203	0.083	0.015
Marital status
Married	ref
Single	0.119	0.055	0.029
Region
Metropolitan	−0.369	0.063	<.0001
Small to Medium city	−0.092	0.066	0.162
Rural area	ref
Regular exercise
No	0.149	0.044	<.0001
Yes	ref
Employment
Employed	−0.240	0.048	<.0001
Unemployed	ref
Educational level
Elementary	ref
Middle	0.045	0.060	0.453
High	−0.078	0.058	0.179
College or above	−0.230	0.078	0.003
Income level
Lowest	ref
Lower	−0.007	0.059	0.903
Higher	−0.079	0.064	0.219
Highest	−0.084	0.072	0.245
Number of chronic diseases
None	ref
One	−0.035	0.048	0.467
Two	0.040	0.062	0.519
Three or more	0.088	0.080	0.276
Cancer history
Yes	ref
No	−0.030	0.112	0.788
Excessive health expenditure
< 5.0 %	ref
5.0–9.9 %	0.091	0.055	0.096
10.0–19.9 %	0.122	0.066	0.066
20.0 %−	0.288	0.066	<.0001
Type of medical guarantee
Insurance	−0.448	0.095	<.0001
Medical aid	ref
Co-coverage from private health insurance
Yes	0.019	0.048	0.701
No	ref

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