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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2012 Feb 1;17(0):171–185. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2012.655264

Table 4.

Logistic Regression of Major Depressive Disorder: Stratified by Ethnicitya

Odds Ratios for MDD
White Americans (n=1061) Black Americans (n=1240) Hispanic Americans (n=802)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Religion Measures OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
 Attendance 0.83* (0.72, 0.96) 0.76* (0.61, 0.94) 0.99 (0.88, 1.11) 0.9 (0.77, 1.05) 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) 0.9 (0.71, 1.13)
 Prayer 1.18 (0.98, 1.42) 1.19 (0.99, 1.42) 0.96 (0.79, 1.16) 1.00 (0.82, 1.22) 0.98 (0.80, 1.21) 0.94 (0.76, 1.18)
 Saliency 1.11 (0.85, 1.45) 1.14 (0.89, 1.47) 1.16 (0.94, 1.42) 1.13 (0.92, 1.38) 1.19 (0.97, 1.45) 1.2 (0.95, 1.52)
 Spirituality 0.88 (0.63, 1.23) 1.00 (0.72, 1.39) 1.00 (0.69, 1.44) 1.08 (0.77, 1.53) 0.9 (0.61, 1.33) 1.16 (0.79, 1.70)
Psychosocial Mediators
 Congregational Support 0.93 (0.70, 1.24) 0.97 (0.78, 1.21) 0.97 (0.75, 1.26)
 Congregational Criticism 1.03 (0.72, 1.46) 0.99 (0.79, 1.23) 0.91 (0.65, 1.26)
 Meaning 0.28** (0.18, 0.44) 0.39** (0.27, 0.56) 0.34** (0.22, 0.52)
 Forgive Self 1.11 (0.83, 1.47) 0.81* (0.68, 0.98) 0.89 (0.70, 1.13)
 Forgive Others 1.02 (0.71, 1.46) 1.07 (0.83, 1.39) 0.75 (0.54, 1.05)
a

All models adjust for respondent’s gender, age, marital status, income, education, physical health and congregational membership

W

Different from White Americans at p<.05;

B

Different from Black Americans at p<.05;

H

Different from Hispanic Americans at p<.05. Significance based on overall model with all ethnic groups and interaction terms for ethnicity

*

Test of statistically significant difference within a given regression model at p<.05,

**

Test of statistically significant difference within a regression model at p<.01