Table 2.
Adjusted Logistic Regression Analyses Examining the Social Context of Past-Week Depressive Distress Among Transgender Adults in Massachusetts, Ages 50 to 75 Years (N = 61).
| Depressive distress—Past week | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
| OR | 95% CI | p value | aOR | 95% CI | p value | aOR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Discrimination | |||||||||
| Number of everyday discrimination experiences |
1.17 | [1.10, 1.24] | <.0001 | 1.11 | [1.03, 1.20] | .01 | 1.12 | [1.03, 1.21] | .01 |
| Gender-related discrimination | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| Yes | 5.17 | [2.73, 9.79] | <.0001 | 5.68 | [1.91, 16.86] | .002 | 4.01 | [1.35, 11.95] | .01 |
| Age-related discrimination | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| Yes | 1.58 | [0.95, 2.62] | .08 | 2.04 | [1.06, 3.94] | .03 | 1.32 | [0.63, 2.75] | .46 |
| Social support | |||||||||
| Number of close friends |
0.82 | [0.76, 0.89] | <.0001 | 0.73 | [0.64, 0.82] | <.0001 | 0.69 | [0.60, 0.79] | <.0001 |
| Family very supportive of gender identity/expression | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| Yes | 0.51 | [0.30, 0.87] | .01 | 2.02 | [0.84, 4.88] | .12 | 1.83 | [0.72, 4.62] | .20 |
| Covariates | |||||||||
| Age | 1.05 | [1.00, 1.09] | .03 | 1.05 | [0.98, 1.12] | .18 | 1.05 | [0.98, 1.12] | .17 |
| Gender identity | |||||||||
| FtM spectrum | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| MTF spectrum | 1.35 | [0.79, 2.31] | .27 | 1.72 | [0.78, 3.81] | .18 | 2.12 | [0.94, 0.81] | .07 |
| Race | |||||||||
| White non- Hispanic |
1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| Non-White | 0.27 | [0.15, 0.48] | <.0001 | 1.23 | [0.48, 3.14] | .67 | 0.72 | [0.26, 1.98] | .52 |
| Survey mode | |||||||||
| In-person | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — | 1.00 | — | — |
| Online | 1.71 | [0.90, 3.22] | .10 | 1.39 | [0.53, 3.63] | .50 | 1.80 | [0.61, 5.31] | .29 |
| Number of chronic conditions |
1.23 | [1.03, 1.48] | .02 | 1.09 | [0.87, 0.36] | .45 | 0.94 | [0.74, 1.19] | .59 |
| Number of other reasons for discrimination |
1.62 | [1.37, 1.93] | <.0001 | — | — | — | 1.87 | [1.43, 2.46] | <.0001 |
Note. Bolded values are significant at the p < 0.05 level. Other reasons for discrimination include one or more of the following: sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, religion, weight, education/income, disability, other. OR = odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; FtM = female-to-male spectrum; MtF = male-to-female spectrum.