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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2009 May;99(5 Pt 2):346–352.

Table IV.

Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of 12-month treatment use for effect of race given any 12-month DSM disorder, stratified by gender

Any treatment given for any 12-month disorder
Outcome OR (95% CI) Males (N=266) OR (95% CI) Females (N=448)
Any health care
 Black 1.00 1.00
 Coloured 0.57 (0.1 – 2.2) 0.96 (0.4 – 2.5)
 White 1.48 (0.4 – 5.5) 2.12 (1.0 – 4.6)
 Indian - 1.35 (0.4 – 4.8)
χ2/(p-value): 1.13/(0.5681) χ2/(p-value): 4.07/(0.2545)
Any non-health care
 Black 1.00 1.00
 Coloured - 0.38 (0.1 – 1.3)
 White - 0.38 (0.0 – 3.5)
 Indian 1.12 (0.1 – 15.6) 1.05 (0.3 – 4.3)
χ2/(p-value): 0.01/(0.9308) χ2/(p-value): 3.59/(0.3090)
Any mental health care
 Black 1.00 1.00
 Coloured - 4.75 (1.4 – 16.0)*
 White 9.25 (2.2 – 39.7)* 10.4 (3.1 – 34.7)*
 Indian - 4.67 (0.7 – 30.8)
χ2/(p-value): 9.33/(0.0023) χ2/(p-value): 19.01/(0.0003)
Any treatment
 Black 1.00 1.00
 Coloured 0.38 (0.1 – 1.5) 0.71 (0.3 – 1.5)
 White 0.98 (0.3 – 3.6) 1.79 (0.9 – 3.5)
 Indian 0.44 (0.0 – 6.1) 0.94 (0.3 – 3.4)
χ2/(p-value): 2.30/(0.5134) χ2/(p-value): 7.91/(0.0479)
*

p≤0.05.

- = no treatment received by males in those race groups in the past year.