Table 3.

Ethnic predictors of past-year antidepressant drug use in specific disorder groups from a nationally representative sample of Asians and non-Latino Whites (N=8980) in the United States.

	Bivariate Logit
	OR	95% CI
All Ethnic Groups
Vietnamese	0.18*	(0.10-0.31)
Filipino	0.15*	(0.09-0.24)
Chinese	0.18*	(0.12-0.28)
Other Asians	0.25*	(0.14-0.44)
Non-Latino Whites	1.00	--
12-Month Mental Disordersa
Major Depression
Vietnamese	0.14*	(0.04-0.51)
Filipino	0.20†	(0.05-0.86)
Chinese	0.29†	(0.09-0.90)
Other Asians	0.20*	(0.07-0.53)
Non-Latino Whites	1.00	--
Dysthymia
Vietnamese	n/a	n/a
Filipino	n/a	n/a
Chinese	n/a	n/a
Other Asians	n/a	n/a
Non-Latino Whites	n/a	n/a
Anxietyb
Vietnamese	0.41	(0.11-1.53)
Filipino	0.29†	(0.10-0.86)
Chinese	0.47†	(0.22-0.98)
Other Asians	0.14*	(0.05-0.41)
Non-Latino Whites	1.00	--
Any Mental Disorder
Vietnamese	0.35†	(0.13-0.94)
Filipino	0.20*	(0.06-0.63)
Chinese	0.36*	(0.22-0.59)
Other Asians	0.19*	(0.08-0.44)
Non-Latino Whites	1.00	--
No Mental Disorders
Vietnamese	0.18*	(0.09-0.38)
Filipino	0.17*	(0.09-0.33)
Chinese	0.14*	(0.07-0.26)
Other Asians	0.33*	(0.16-0.70)
Non-Latino Whites	1.00	--

^aBased on the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview

^bIncludes agoraphobia with and without panic, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and social phobia

^*P ≤0.01

^†P ≤0.05

^‡P ≤0.10