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. 2007 May;97(5):926–932. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069443

TABLE 3—

Weighted Odds Ratios for Reporting Good, Very Good, or Excellent Health: Los Angeles Family and Neighborhoods Survey, Los Angeles, Calif, 2000–2001

Full Model Without Depression, Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Full Model With Depression, a Odds Ratio (95% CI) P
Age, y
    < 30 (reference) 1.00 1.00
    30–39 0.78 (0.63, 0.96) .02 0.78 (0.63, 0.96) .02
    40–49 0.65 (0.52, 0.82) <.001 0.65 (0.51, 0.82) <.001
    > 50 0.64 (0.50, 0.83) .001 0.63 (0.49, 0.81) <.001
Female 1.23 (1.04, 1.44) .01 1.21 (1.03, 1.43) .02
Race/ethnicity
    White (reference) 1.00 1.00
    Latino 0.81 (0.63, 1.04) .09 0.80 (0.62, 1.03) .10
    African American 0.91 (0.67, 1.23) .54 0.90 (0.67, 1.22) .52
    Asian/Pacific Islander 1.07 (0.76, 1.50) .74 1.02(0.73, 1.43) .91
Immigrant 0.66 (0.49, 0.74) <.001 0.59 (0.48, 0.73) <.001
Education
    College (reference) 1.00 1.00
    Some college 0.61 (0.48, 0.76) <.001 0.61 (0.48, 0.76) <.001
    High school graduate 0.38 (0.29, 0.51) <.001 0.39 (0.29, 0.52) <.001
    Less than high school 0.26 (0.18, 0.39) <.001 0.26 (0.18, 0.38) <.001
Income, $
    40 000 (reference) 1.00 1.00
    20 001–40 000 0.73 (0.59, 0.90) .07 0.73 (0.58, 0.90) .004
    1–20 000 0.54 (0.43, 0.68) <.001 0.55 (0.44, 0.69) <.001
    0 0.41 (0.32, 0.54) <.001 0.42 (0.32, 0.55) <.001
Body mass index, kg/m2
    <25 (reference) 1.00 1.00
    25–30 0.87 (0.72, 1.05) .14 0.88 (0.73, 1.05) .16
    >30 0.73 (0.60, 0.90) .005 0.74 (0.60, 0.90) .003
Smoker
    Never (reference) 1.00
    Current 0.78 (0.63, 0.97) .02 0.81 (0.65, 1.01) .06
Binge drinker 0.81 (0.69, 0.95) .002 0.81 (0.69, 0.96) .01
Visit to a primary care provider in the past year 0.78 (0.65, 0.94) .008 0.80 (0.67, 0.97) .02
Any chronic conditionb 0.50 (0.38, 0.63) <.001 0.52 (0.41, 0.67) <.001
Neighborhood socioeconomic index
    Nondeprived tracts (reference) 1.00 1.00
    Deprived tracts 0.88 (0.67, 1.16) .37 0.91 (0.69, 1.21) .52
    Very deprived tracts 0.90 (0.68, 1.19) .47 0.91 (0.69, 1.20) .50
Interaction between neighborhood deprivation and presence of a chronic condition
    Chronic condition × nondeprived 1.00 1.00
    Chronic condition × deprived 0.68 (0.47, 0.98) .04 0.66 (0.46, 0.97) .03
    Chronic condition × very deprived 0.59 (0.43, 0.81) .001 0.60 (0.44, 0.82) .002
Depression . . . 0.53 (0.42, 0.66) <.001

aLimited to those screened using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.40

bChronic conditions are hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.