Table 4. Predictors of depressive symptoms among adolescents aged 12–18 years (n = 518) in Al Ain UAE^*.

Variable	Adjusted β (95% CI)	p-value
Score on Rosenberg Self-esteem scale
In middle tertile	-5.75 (-7.43 to -4.08)	0.000
In the highest tertile	-7.73 (-9.42 to -6.03)	0.000
Monthly allowance in Dirhams (1 AED = 3.7 USD)
500–1,000 AED	0.41 (-1.05 to 1.88)	0.578
> 1000 AED	1.22 (-0.96 to 3.41)	0.271
No monthly allowance	3.37 (1.69 to 5.05)	0.013
Current or past cigarette smoker	3.37 (1.69 to 5.04)	0.000
Had been feeling emotionally neglected	3.17 (1.39 to 4.95)	0.001
Had been verbally abused in school	2.03 (0.82 to 3.25)	0.001
Had been physically abused in school	0.48 (-1.21 to 2.18)	0.573
History of disease that required use of medications	2. 51 (1.01 to 4.02)	0.001
Monthly family income < 10,000 AED	2.32 (0.59 to 4.06)	0.009
Monthly family income 10,000 to 50,000 AED	0.98 (-0.51 to 2.47)	0.196

* Multi-variable linear regression model adjusted also for age, gender, and ethnicity.