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. 2005 Jan;3(1):38–46. doi: 10.1370/afm.273

Table 3.

Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Personal Characteristics and Illness Factors (External Factors) and Intent Not to Accept a Physician’s Diagnosis of Depression

Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Factors Unadjusted Adjusted*
Personal characteristics
Sex
    Male 1.13 (1.02 - 1.25) 0.84 (0.74 - 0.94)
    Female 1.00 1.00
Ethnicity
    White 1.00 1.0
    African-American 1.22 (0.99 - 1.48) 0.89 (0.72 - 1.12)
    Asian-American 1.4 (1.18 - 1.66)§ 0.85 (0.69 - 1.04)
    Latino/a 1.14 (0.99 - 1.38) 0.98 (0.79 - 1.21)
    Native American 1.02 (0.66 - 1.66) 0.99 (0.60 - 1.66)
    Pacific Islander 1.61 (0.88 - 2.97) 1.15 (0.57 - 2.33)
    Other race 1.13 (0.89 - 1.43) 0.98 (0.75 - 1.27)
Family history of depression
    No 1.00 1.00
    Yes 0.68 (0.62-0.74) § 0.92 (0.83 - 1.03)
Illness factors
CES-D score
    4th Quartile (43-60) 1.00 1.00
    3rd Quartile (35-42) 1.81 (1.62 - 2.03) § 1.27 (1.09 - 1.48) §
    2nd Quartile (28-34) 3.58 (3.18 - 4.03) § 1.67 (1.43 - 1.94) §
    1st Quartile (17-27) 8.18 (7.24 - 9.25) § 2.38 (2.04 - 2.78) §
Panic attack symptoms
    No 1.00 1.00
    Yes 0.83 (0.76 - 0.91) § 0.98 (0.89 - 1.09)
Generalized anxiety symptoms
    No 1.00 1.00
    Yes 0.71 (0.64 - 0.78) § 0.88 (0.78 - 0.99)

CI = confidence interval.

* Adjusted for all of the above, and beliefs and attitudes, social norms, and past treatment behavior.

P ≤ .05.

P ≤.01.

§ P ≤.001

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