. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 22.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2011 Nov;23(4):1139–1147. doi: 10.1017/S0954579411000526

Table 5.

Estimated rate ratios for the association between depression and total illnesses and febrile illnesses for females and males stratified by age¹

Depression estimates by group	Total Illnesses			Febrile Illnesses
Depression estimates by group	RR	(95% CI)	P-value	RR	(95% CI)	P-value
Female Age ≤ 9.3 years	0.95	0.84, 1.07	0.39	0.89	0.60, 1.30	0.54
Male Age ≤ 9.3 years	1.07	0.98, 1.16	0.12	1.06	0.89, 1.26	0.53
Female Age > 9.3 years	1.18	1.07, 1.30	<0.01	1.62	1.05, 2.49	0.03
Male Age > 9.3 years	1.01	0.84, 1.22	0.87	1.34	0.85, 2.12	0.21

Note: Outcome was febrile illness in 1-year period after assessment of depression and self-efficacy.

Analyses were adjusted for child age, sex, parent psychiatric symptoms (BSI), income, and illnesses in the previous year.