TABLE 3.

Association Between Female Gender and Medical Conditions, Psychiatric Disorders, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence, by Analytic Model: Survey of Inmates in Local Jails, 2002

	Model 1,a OR (95% CI)	Model 2,b OR (95% CI)	Model 3,c OR (95% CI)
Medical condition
Cancer	7.74 (5.59, 10.72)	7.41 (5.15, 10.66)	7.42 (5.15, 10.68)
Diabetes	2.14 (1.66, 2.78)	2.08 (1.58, 2.74)	1.99 (1.49, 2.65)
Hypertension	1.24 (1.06, 1.45)	1.20 (1.02, 1.42)	1.23 (1.04, 1.44)
Heart problem	1.26 (1.04, 1.53)	1.24 (1.01, 1.51)	1.25 (1.02, 1.54)
Asthma	2.06 (1.79, 2.38)	2.01 (1.72, 2.36)	2.05 (1.74, 2.40)
Arthritis	1.59 (1.34, 1.89)	1.46 (1.22, 1.74)	1.45 (1.21, 1.74)
Hepatitis	1.91 (1.51, 2.42)	1.67 (1.29, 2.17)	1.58d (1.18, 2.10)
Cirrhosis	1.67 (1.09, 2.55)	1.28 (0.79, 2.08)	1.37d (0.79, 2.36)
Any medical condition	1.87 (1.65, 2.11)	1.78 (1.56, 2.02)	1.82 (1.59, 2.07)
Psychiatric disorder
Depressive	2.47 (2.14, 2.85)	2.18 (1.87, 2.54)	2.18 (1.87, 2.55)
Bipolar	2.56 (2.15, 3.06)	2.28 (1.87, 2.78)	2.23 (1.81, 2.74)
Psychotic	1.33 (1.02, 1.73)	1.13 (0.84, 1.51)	1.10 (0.81, 1.51)
Posttraumatic stress	2.59 (2.09, 3.22)	2.09 (1.65, 2.66)	2.10 (1.64, 2.70)
Other anxiety	3.27 (2.69, 3.98)	2.74 (2.19, 3.43)	2.81 (2.24, 3.52)
Personality	1.83 (1.42, 2.35)	1.55 (1.18, 2.02)	1.59 (1.20, 2.09)
Any psychiatric	2.66 (2.31, 3.06)	2.35 (2.02, 2.73)	2.34 (2.01, 2.73)
Drug dependence	1.57 (1.36, 1.80)	1.46 (1.25, 1.70)	…
Alcohol dependence	0.71 (0.62, 0.82)	0.69 (0.60, 0.80)	…

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^aModel 1 adjusts for age and race.

^bModel 2 adjusts for age, race, marital status, education, homelessness, and employment.

^cModel 3 adjusts for age, race, marital status, education, homelessness, employment, drug dependence, and alcohol dependence.

^dHepatitis and cirrhosis were also adjusted for injection drug use in model 3.