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Table 5 Binary regression analysis of the mediating effect of pain

From: Relationship between chronic diseases and depression: the mediating effect of pain

Variable

Model 1 (n = 15,213)

Model 2 (n = 15,213)

Model 3a (n = 4596)

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sex (Male)

 Female

1.666*** (1.546–1.795)

1.428*** (1.318–1.546)

1.300*** (1.138–1.486)

Age (70–101)

 45–59

1.189** (1.067–1.325)

1.107 (0.986–1.242)

1.011 (0.838–1.220)

 60–69

1.144* (1.028–1.272)

1.100 (0.982–1.233)

1.057 (0.877–1.273)

Education (High school and above)

 Uneducated

2.456*** (2.139–2.819)

2.033*** (1.758–2.351)

1.621***(1.253–2.097)

 Primary school

1.930*** (1.676–2.222)

1.641*** (1.415–1.904)

1.354* (1.040–1.763)

 Middle school

1.530*** (1.325–1.766)

1.421*** (1.222–1.652)

1.265 (0.963–1.661)

Marital status (Married)

 Unmarried

1.496*** (1.344–1.665)

1.489*** (1.328–1.670)

1.426*** (1.182–1.722)

Urbanity (Rural)

 Urban

0.669*** (0.619–0.724)

0.734*** (0.675–0.798)

0.751*** (0.654–0.862)

Employment status (Yes)

 No

0.940 (0.870–1.016)

0.915* (0.842–0.994)

0.871* (0.761–0.997)

Insurance situation (Yes)

 No

1.178** (1.058–1.312)

1.141* (1.017–1.281)

1.120 (0.926–1.354)

Chronic disease (No chronic disease)

 One chronic disease

1.562*** (1.387–1.759)

1.332*** (1.177–1.508)

1.149 (0.887–1.488)

 Two or more chronic diseases

2.777*** (2.497–3.090)

1.777*** (1.587–1.989)

1.478** (1.170–1.867)

Pain severity (No pain)

 Mild pain

 

3.124*** (2.809–3.474)

 

 Moderate to severe pain

 

6.421*** (5.834–7.078)

2.147 *** (1.889–2.440)

Take steps to relieve pain (Yes)

 No

  

1.149 (0.996–1.325)

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001
  2. aModels 1 and 2 use full samples. Model 3 uses pain samples