Table 3.

Moderator effect of race/ethnicity on the association of depressive symptoms with substance-related behavior and on change of depressive symptoms over time (univariate linear regression analysis).

	Association of depression with current drug use/impairment		Association of depression with future drug use/impairment		Association of depression with treatment participation		Association of depression with needle sharing		Improvement of depressive symptoms
Variable	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β	B	β
% white non-Hispanic	−0.00	−0.15	−0.02**	−0.82	0.01*	0.56	−0.00	−0.13	0.00	0.49
R2	0.02		0.68		0.31		0.09		0.24
n	18		12		13		12		11

B (β): (non-)standardized regression coefficient.

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.001.

Moderator analyses not performed on current alcohol abuse/dependence given too few reports.