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. 2010 Nov 10;10:686. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-686

Table 1.

Prevalence and prevalence ratios of minor psychiatric disorders among bank workers according to sociodemographic, life habits, health factors and exposure to stressful and discriminatory events Brazil, 2008.

Variable Categories N MPD*(%) PR** (IC 95%)
Gender Male 1021 41 1.00
Female 1033 45 1.10(0.99 - 1.21)
Age(years) 20-29 346 40 1.00
30 - 39 600 40 1,00(0.85 - 1.19)
40 - 49 739 48 1.24(1.06 - 1.44)
50 - 59 369 41 1.03(0.86 - 1.24)
Schooling High School 422 42 1.00
University Graduate 1228 43 1.01(0.88 - 1.15)
University Post-Graduate 404 45 1.06(0.90 - 1.24)
Marital Status Married 1021 42 1.00
Single 870 43 0.96(0.86 - 1.07)
Separated/Divorced 163 48 1.10(0.92 - 1.33)
Children No 959 46 1.00
Yes 1095 41 1.12(1.01 - 1.24)
Race/Skin Color White 1488 43 1.00
Black 491 44 0.89(0.66 - 1.20)
Other 75 39 1.04(0.92 - 1.17)
Smoker No 1735 40 1.00
Yes 319 57 1.45(1.29 - 1.62)
Alchohol intake in No 601 41 1,00
Past 14 days *** Yes 1453 44 1.05(0.92 - 1.21)
Exposure to stressful No 1444 41 1.00
Situations (past year) Yes 610 48 1.16(1.04 - 1.29)
Exposure to prejudice No 1761 41 1.00
(past year) Yes 293 54 1.31(1.16 - 1.48)
Heart disease No 1480 39 1.00
Yes 574 54 1.39(1.25 - 1.54)
One or more chronic No 1391 37 1.00
Diseases Yes 663 56 1.53(1.39 - 1.69)
Duration of 0 - 5 482 40 1.00
Employment (years) 6 - 14 593 44 1.10(0.95 - 1.28)
15 - 24 510 45 1.13(0.97 - 1.31)
25 and more 469 43 1.08(0.93 - 1.27)

*MPD: minor psychiatric disorders, assed by GHQ-12 > 4

** PR: Prevalence Ratio by Poisson regression

*** one or more doses per day