Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Travel Med Glob Health. 2014 Summer;2(3):107–113.

Table 2.

Association between 12-month major depression episode and chronic somatic conditions among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites

OR 95% CI SE t P
Caribbean Blacks
 Heart Disease 18.174 4.509 73.247 12.246 4.3 <0.001
 Hypertension 1.478 0.839 2.601 0.404 1.4 0.167
 Stroke 0.1 0.003 3.123 0.167 −1.4 0.18
 Atherosclerosis 1.71 0.154 19.01 1.991 0.5 0.649
African Americans
 Heart Disease 1.584 0.8 3 0.495 1.47 0.2
 Hypertension 2.041 1.2 3.3 0.497 2.93 <0.001
 Stroke 0.822 0.3 2.1 0.373 −0.43 0.7
 Atherosclerosis 1.575 0.8 2.9 0.486 1.47 0.2
Non-Hispanic Whites
 Heart Disease - - - - - -
 Hypertension 1.38 0.625 3.045 0.512 0.87 0.4
 Stroke 0.076 0.002 2.534 0.125 −1.57 0.138
 Atherosclerosis 3.55 0.618 20.401 2.913 1.54 0.143

The effects of age, gender, education, Peptic Ulcer, Cancer, Diabetes, Liver Disease, Kidney Disease, Asthma, Other Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Sickle Cell Anemia, and Glaucoma are controlled.

OR= Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% CI= 95% Confidence Interval SE = Standard Error