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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2016 Nov 30;37(12):1517–1539. doi: 10.1177/0733464816675819

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.