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. 2013 Oct;151(1):31–38. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.005

Table 3.

Age-sex adjusted odds of the association of depressive episodes with self-reported health status in HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people, rural South Africa.

Self-reported health status as
Major depressive episode
Brief depressive episode
Any Depressive episode
aOR [95% CI] aOR [95% CI] aOR [95% CI]
Older people on HIV treatment for 1 year or longer
Good 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 1.42 [0.38–5.26] 1.69 [0.59–4.86] 1.86 [0.71–4.90]
Poor 1.74 [0.28–10.93] 0.76 [0.13–4.43] 1.13 [0.26–4.99]



Older people not yet on ART or on ART for 3 months or less
Good 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 9.58 [1.11–82.63] 0.65 [0.22–1.94] 1.65 [0.61–4.46]
Poor 12.81 [1.38–118.58] 1.41 [0.39–5.13] 3.95 [1.18–13.23]



Older people with an HIV-infected adult offspring
Good 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 4.96 [1.45–16.95] 1.31 [0.42–4.07] 3.38 [1.35–8.47]
Poor 11.96 [2.30–62.21] 2.97 [0.71–12.49]



Older people who had experienced an HIV-related adult death
Good 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 1.66 [0.65–4.20] 1.53 [0.43–5.49] 1.93 [0.80–4.62]
Poor 0.86 [0.26–2.82] 3.71 [0.84–16.41] 1.76 [0.57–5.43]



Overall
Good 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate 2.43 [1.40–4.23] 1.14 [0.66–1.96] 1.98 [1.27–3.09]
Poor 2.68 [1.34–5.38] 1.28 [0.61–2.67] 2.36 [1.28–4.33]