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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Oct 20;146:120–128. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.035

Table 3.

Poisson regression models depicting the effects of neighborhood crime and 5-HTTLPR on depressive symptoms (N = 99).

Depressive symptoms
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
b OR b OR b OR b OR





Neighborhood crime .153 (.024) ** 1.165 .061 (.026) * 1.063 .002 (.032) 1.002 .020 (.031) 1.020
5-HTTLPR (1 = ss/sl) .053 (.055) 1.054 .104 (.057) 1.110 .081 (.058) 1.084 .053 (.056) 1.054
Neighborhood crime × 5-HTTLPR .195 (.054) ** 1.215 .096 (.054) 1.101
5-HTT Methylation .233 (.046) ** 1.262
Control variables
 Cigarette consumption .010 (.003) ** 1.010 .009 (.003) ** 1.009 .005 (.004) 1.005
 Age (mean centering) .005 (.003) 1.005 .006 (.003) 1.006 .004 (.003) 1.004
 Single relationship .133 (.065) * 1.142 .128 (.064) * 1.137 .158 (.065) * 1.171
 Education (≤ high school) .329 (.064) ** 1.390 .334 (.064) ** 1.397 .286 (.066) ** 1.331
 Income (≤ $25,000/yr) −.037 (.063) .964 −.040 (.063) .961 −.055 (.064) 0.946
 Residence history −.004 (.062) .996 −.024 (.062) .976 −.027 (.062) 0.973
 Neighborhood disadvantage .010 (.029) 1.010 .021 (.029) 1.021 .020 (.029) 1.020
 Prior depressive symptoms .119 (.012) ** 1.1 .129 (.012) ** 1.138 .131 (.012) ** 1.140
Constant 2.652 (.033) ** 14.182 1.663 (.096) ** 5.275 1.605 (.097) ** 4.978 1.621 (.098) ** 5.058
−2LL 1161.99 996.73 984.20 974.20
Δ chi-square (df = 1) 165.26** 12.53 ** 10.00 **
Statistical power for G × E 96.70%

Notes: Unstandardized (b) and OR = Odds Ratio shown with robust standard errors in parentheses; neighborhood crime is standardized by z-transformation (mean = 0 and SD =1).

p ≤ .10,

*

p ≤ .05,

**

p ≤ .01 (two-tailed tests).