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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2012 Dec 11;17(4):461–469. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2012.747079

Table 3.

Results of Logistic Regression Models Testing Associative factors to MD and SD

Associative factors MD (ref. Non-Depressed)
SD (ref. Non-Depressed)
MD (ref. SD)
β SE p β SE p β SE p
Intercept 5.1941 3.0285 .087 1.6469 1.7401 .345 4.1262 2.150 .055
Demographics
 Age −.0782 .0289 .007 ** −.0022 .0150 .881 −.0753 .0221 .0007 ***
 Gender (female=1; male=0) 1.4827 .5891 .012 * .3277 .2779 .238 .3460 .3827 .366
 Race (white=1; non-white=0) −.3291 .5021 .512 −.4226 .2891 .144 .4266 .3725 .252
 Education −.1826 .0687 .008 ** −.1486 .0393 .0002 *** .0015 .0529 .977
 Residential area (urban=1; rural=0) −.2988 .4528 .509 −.2031 .2691 .450 .0920 .3489 .792
 Marital status (married=1; else=0) −.6489 .4911 .186 −.2503 .2716 .357 −.5863 .4041 .147
Social support
 Duke Social Support Index −.2109 .0709 .006 ** −.1689 .0455 .0009 *** −.0526 .0362 .146
Comorbidity
 Severity of medical conditions .1239 .0460 .007 ** .0671 .0261 .010 * .0204 .0297 .493
 Functional impairments .1170 .0629 .066 .0589 .0364 .110 .0567 .0470 .229
 Perceived health .2560 .2019 .205 .5353 .1092 <.0001 *** −.2364 .1428 .098
Stressors
 Trouble of affording food .6547 .4137 .114 .6751 .2391 .005 ** .0129 .2963 .965
 Negative life events .3550 .1569 .025 .1834 .0942 .052 .0715 .1050 .496
 Perceived stress .3330 .0868 .0008 *** .2292 .0462 <.0001 *** .1153 .0584 .049

 Fit statisticsa −2logL=190.372 −2logL=494.534 −2logL=294.002
 Likelihood ratio testa χ2(13)=188.171*** χ2(13)=231.949*** χ2(13)=38.324***

Note.

a

Fit statistics and likelihood ratio tests were based on the result of the first imputed data and parameter estimates came from the combined results of the five imputed datasets.

b

***p<.001, **p<.01, *p<.017