Table 2.

Factors associated with Major Depressive disorder (MDD) among the students from the faculties of Management Studies & Commerce, Science and Medicine

Variable	UOR	P value (95% CI)	AOR	P value (95% CI)
Sex
Female  Male	Reference 1.22	Reference 0.16 (0.86–1.71)	Reference 1.23	Reference 0.41 (0.80–1.59)
Ethnicity
Moor/Muslim  Sinhalese  Tamil	Reference 2.90 2.19	Reference 0.01 (1.33–7.30) 0.06 (0.10–5.53)	Reference 2.87 2.11	Reference 0.01 (1.25–6.93) 0.07 (0.97–5.44)
Father’s schooling
<11 years  >11 years	Reference 0.76	Reference 0.06 (0.53–1.07)	Reference 0.91	Reference 0.58 (0.57–1.47)
Mother’s schooling
<11 years  >11 years	Reference 0.73	Reference 0.06 (0.51–1.04)	Reference 0.76	Reference 0.24 (0.47–1.23)
Faculty
Management#  Science  Medical	Reference 0.74 0.77	Reference 0.42 (0.50–1.09) 0.09 (0.49–1.21)	Reference - -	Reference - -

UOR-unadjusted odds rations, AOR-adjusted odds ratio; CI-confidence interval; AOR (CI) values significant at the p < 0.05 level are shown in bold.

^#Management Studies & Commerce faculty.