Skip to main content

Table 2 Association between living-alone and depressive symptoms (n1 = 5 311 for the cross-sectional analysis, and n2 = 2 696 for the cohort analysis)

From: Living alone and the risk of depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional and cohort analysis based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

 

Cross-sectional analysis

Cohort analysis

 

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Model 1

1.51 (1.31,1.40)

< 0.001**

1.53 (1.22,1.91)

< 0.001**

Model 2

1.43 (1.23,1.65)

< 0.001**

1.36 (1.08,1.71)

0.009*

Model 3

1.33 (1.14,1.54)

< 0.001**

1.23 (0.97,1.55)

0.084

Model 4

1.30 (1.12,1.52)

0.001*

1.24 (0.98,1.57)

0.069

  1. Model 1: Unadjusted
  2. Model 2: Adjusted for Model 1 + age + sex
  3. Model 3: Adjusted for Model 2 + education levels, smoking, drinking, body mass index, residential areas, social activities and financial support
  4. Model 4: Adjusted for Model 3 + marital status
  5. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
  6. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001
Back to article page

BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

Contact us