Association of recent gay-related stressful events with depressive symptoms in Chinese men who have sex with men

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Comparison of the levels of SDS scores and risks of depression (SDS score ⩾ 53) by demographic characteristics of Chinese men who have sex with men (n = 807)

	N	%	SDS score			Depression (SDS score ⩾ 53)
	N	%	Mean	SD	p value	OR	95% CI
Age, years
18–29	575	71.30	46.24	11.24	< 0.001	1.00
30–39	133	16.50	48.29	11.31		1.28	0.86	1.91
40–64	99	12.30	52.01	11.12		2.79	1.81	4.31
p for trend			< 0.001
Education, years
< 10	255	31.60	49.34	11.05	< 0.001	1.00
10–12	322	39.90	47.74	11.61		0.80	0.57	1.12
⩾13	230	28.50	44.37	10.88		0.45	0.30	0.67
p for trend			< 0.001
Income
Low	305	37.79	47.16	11.84	0.046	1.00
Middle	280	34.70	48.48	10.79		1.07	0.76	1.51
High	222	27.51	45.96	11.37		0.81	0.56	1.18
p for trend			0.32
Relationship status
Single	571	70.76	46.34	11.26	0.003	1.00
Married with a female	108	13.38	49.97	10.89		1.89	1.24	2.88
Cohabitation with a male	92	11.40	49.20	11.63		1.45	0.92	2.29
Divorced	36	4.46	49.34	12.47		1.58	0.78	3.17
Sexual identity
Heterosexual/Unconfirmed	101	12.52	45.85	11.30	0.397	1.00
Gay	381	47.21	47.55	11.30		1.26	0.78	2.03
Bisexual	325	40.27	47.42	11.51		1.27	0.78	2.07
HIV positive
No	779	96.53	47.07	11.30		1.00
Yes	28	3.47	53.35	12.32	0.004	3.83	1.74	8.42
SSRS level
Low	276	34.20	43.99	10.99	< 0.001	1.00
Middle	264	32.71	46.92	10.82		0.49	0.35	0.71
High	267	33.09	51.06	11.25		0.57	0.48	0.69
p for trend			< 0.001

OR, odds ratio adjusted for age; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SDS, self-rating depression score;⩾53, cut-off value for SDS score; SSRS, social support rating score; Italic OR: p < 0.05

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