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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Birth. 2010 Jun;37(2):90–97. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00388.x

Table 2. Multiple regression analyses of association between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, current smoking, and recent alcohol use among women in pregnancy.

Independent Variables CES-D ≥ 23 Current Smoking Recent Alcohol Use

(n=4,454) Model-A PR (95% CI) Model-B* aPR (95% CI) Model A PR (95% CI) Model B** aPR (95% CI) Model A PR (95% CI) Model B** aPR (95% CI)
Everyday discrimination
 None or very little Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate 1.88(1.66, 2.12) 1.58(1.38, 1.79) 1.35(1.19, 1.54) 1.19(1.05-1.36) 1.35(1.24-1.48) 1.23(1.12-1.36)
 High 2.49(2.11, 2.94) 1.82(1.49, 2.21) 1.98(1.66, 2.35) 1.41(1.15-1.74) 1.38(1.19-1.61) 1.13(0.94-1.34)
Major discrimination
 None Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 One event 1.61(1.41, 1.83) 1.16(1.00, 1.33) 1.22(1.06-1.41) 0.99(0.86-1.15) 1.23(1.11-1.36) 1.07(0.96-1.19)
 Two events 2.06(1.62, 2.61) 1.09(0.84, 1.45) 2.09(1.67-2.62) 1.23(0.95-1.59) 1.54(1.27-1.85) 1.14(0.92-1.42)

Results in bold are statistically significant.

Model A = Unadjusted Prevalence Ratio (PR)

Model B = Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (aPR)

*

Variables included in the models: age, income, education, foreign born, marital status, race/ethnicity, parity, and objective stress.

**

Variables included in the models identical to * above with addition of CES-D (<23 vs ≥23).