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. 2015 Jul 7;14:56. doi: 10.1186/s40200-015-0171-0

Table 3.

Association between number of medical comorbidity and Odds of 12-month major depressive disorder among non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, and Caribbean Blacks with diabetes

Odds ratio Linearized SE t P 95 % CI for odds ratio
All
Age 0.912 0.019 <0.001 <0.001 0.875 0.951
Race/Ethnicitya
African American 1.536 1.412 0.47 0.642 0.245 9.626
Non-Latino White 2.078 2.183 0.7 0.489 0.255 16.912
Marital Statusb
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 3.802 2.233 2.27 0.026 1.178 12.275
Never Married 2.249 1.577 1.16 0.252 0.554 9.120
Regionc
Midwest 0.232 0.220 −1.54 0.128 0.035 1.542
South 0.297 0.178 −2.02 0.047 0.090 0.984
West 0.102 0.090 −2.59 0.012 0.018 0.591
Number of Comorbid Medical Conditions 1.531 0.144 4.54 0.000 1.270 1.847
Non-Hispanic Whites
Age 0.804 0.058 −3.01 0.010 0.687 0.940
Marital Statusb
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 16.478 26.468 1.74 0.105 0.513 529.636
Never Married 252.770 503.945 2.77 0.016 3.405 18761.970
Regionc
Midwest 1.000
South 0.018 0.035 −2.01 0.065 0.000 1.339
West 0.000 0.001 −3.22 0.007 0.000 0.072
Number of Comorbid Medical Conditions 1.757 0.367 2.7 0.018 1.119 2.759
African Americans
Age 0.917 0.021 −3.82 0.001 0.875 0.960
Marital Statusb
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 4.691 3.536 2.05 0.049 1.004 21.913
Never Married 1.329 1.140 0.33 0.743 0.230 7.681
Regionc
Midwest 0.434 0.398 −0.91 0.370 0.066 2.833
South 0.480 0.309 −1.14 0.263 0.129 1.789
West 1.000
Number of Comorbid Medical Conditions 1.381 0.109 4.09 0.000 1.175 1.623
Caribbean Blacks
Age 0.918 0.042 −1.85 0.078 0.834 1.011
Marital Statusb
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 1.740 1.853 0.52 0.608 0.191 15.843
Never Married 0.234 0.409 −0.83 0.415 0.006 8.762
Regionc
Midwest 1.000
South 1.442 1.591 0.33 0.743 0.146 14.215
West 1.000
Number of Comorbid Medical Conditions 1.296 0.324 1.03 0.312 0.771 2.178

SE Standard error

CI Confidence interval

aReference Group = Caribbean Blacks

bReference Group = Married

cReference Group = Northeast