Table 2.
Linear regression estimates for the association between food insecurity and depression symptom severity, with lagged covariates
| Variable name | Men | Women | ||
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| Adjusted coefficient | 95% confidence interval (CI) | Adjusted coefficient | 95% CI | |
| Household Food Insecurity Access Scale | ||||
| Food secure | Ref | Ref | ||
| Mildly food insecure | 0.038 | (−0.016, 0.093) | 0.028 | (−0.041, 0.097) |
| Moderately food insecure | 0.026 | (−0.023, 0.074) | −0.004 | (−0.050, 0.043) |
| Severely food insecure | 0.044 | (−0.014, 0.102) | 0.070 | (0.017, 0.123) |
| Age, per five years | 0.010 | (−0.007, 0.028) | 0.006 | (−0.010, 0.022) |
| Married | −0.044 | (−0.096, 0.009) | 0.008 | (−0.045, 0.061) |
| Achieved secondary education | 0.015 | (−0.052, 0.083) | 0.002 | (−0.071, 0.075) |
| Asset index | −0.005 | (−0.014, 0.005) | −0.001 | (−0.016, 0.014) |
| Cumulative duration of treatment, per month | −0.003 | (−0.006, −0.001) | −0.005 | (−0.007, −0.002) |
| CD4+ T-lymphocyte cell count, per 100 cells/mm3 | −0.009 | (−0.019, 0.001) | 0.008 | (−0.003, 0.019) |
| Opportunistic infection self-reported, prior three months | 0.011 | (−0.061, 0.083) | −0.008 | (−0.086, 0.071) |
| Physical Health Summary, total score | −0.002 | (−0.005, 0.001) | −0.004 | (−0.006, −0.001) |
| Heavy drinking | 0.047 | (−0.046, 0.119) | 0.148 | (−0.053, 0.348) |
| Any tobacco use, prior three months | 0.030 | (−0.033, 0.093) | −0.119 | (−0.231, −0.007) |
| Functional Social Support Questionnaire, total score | −0.082 | (−0.184, 0.019) | −0.047 | (−0.095, 0.001) |
| Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale, total score | 0.006 | (−0.007, 0.02) | 0.013 | (−0.002, 0.028) |
| Depression, total score at baseline | 0.496 | (0.198, 0.794) | 0.171 | (0.096, 0.246) |
Notes. Asset index was measured using the measure proposed by Filmer & Pritchett (2001). The Physical Health Summary was measured using the MOS-HIV. Screening for heavy drinking was based on the AUDIT-C (Bush et al., 1998).