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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Apr;165(4):360–365. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.27

Table.

Media Exposure by Presence of MDD

Diagnostic Group, % of Callsa
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Media Type Without MDD
(n = 60)
With MDD
(n = 46)
P Valueb OR (95% CI)c Quartile
of Use
OR (95% CI) P Value
for Trendd
Watching movie or television 23.9 29.6 .04 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1 1[Reference] graphic file with name nihms277337t2.jpg .37
2 1.3 (0.4–4.2)
3 1.9 (0.6–6.2)
4 1.5 (0.5–5.0)
Listening to audio 8.4 10.2 .06 1.8 (1.1–2.8) 1 1[Reference] graphic file with name nihms277337t2.jpg .01
2 4.2 (1.03–16.8)
3 3.4 (0.8–14.3)
4 8.3 (1.9–37.5)
Using Internet 5.9 6.4 7.4 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 1 1[Reference] graphic file with name nihms277337t2.jpg .74
2 0.5 (0.2–1.8)
3 0.7 (0.2–2.2)
4 1.2 (0.3–4.1)
Playing video game 5.2 7.0 .24 1.3 (0.8–2.1) 1 1[Reference] graphic file with name nihms277337t2.jpg .23
2 1.3 (0.4–4.5)
3 3.0 (0.9–10.5)
4 1.8 (0.4–7.8)
Reading print mediae 0.6 0.2 .18 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 1 1[Reference] graphic file with name nihms277337t2.jpg .009
2 0.6 (0.2–1.6)
3 0.3 (0.1–1.2)
4 0.1 (0.1–0.9)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MDD, major depressive disorder; OR, odds ratio.

a

Indicates percentage of completed cellular telephone calls on which individuals were using that particular media type.

b

Calculated using the Mann-Whitney test.

c

For logistic regression controlling for race, sex, and age. For these analyses, the independent variable was the particular media type (eg, watching television or movies) divided into quartiles. Thus, ORs represent the odds of having MDD for each increasing quartile of exposure.

d

Calculated using a nonparametric test for trend.

e

Includes magazine, newspaper, and/or book use.