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. 2015 Jul 21;186:74–82. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.07.005

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratios/incidence rate ratios for higher anxiety and depressive symptoms and poorer self-rated health by personal, social, and economic resource loss, socioeconomic resources (education, income, employment status, and marital status), and other demographics.


Anxiety symptoms
Depression symptoms
Self-rated health
Predictor aOR 95% CI pvalue aIRR 95% CI pvalue aOR 95% CI pvalue
Personal resource loss
  High 1.19 1.13, 1.24 0.000 1.94 1.55, 2.43 0.000 1.68 1.10, 2.56 0.016
  Medium 1.10 1.06, 1.14 0.000 1.43 1.22, 1.69 0.000 1.24 0.93, 1.67 0.149
  Low 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Social resource loss
  High 1.03 0.98, 1.09 0.233 1.61 1.26, 2.05 0.000 1.24 0.77, 2.00 0.383
  Medium 1.03 0.997, 1.06 0.081 1.07 0.93, 1.24 0.355 1.01 0.77, 1.32 0.958
  Low 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Economic resource loss
  High 1.01 0.96, 1.06 0.735 1.14 0.91, 1.44 0.258 0.90 0.57, 1.41 0.647
  Medium 1.01 0.97, 1.06 0.508 1.01 0.83, 1.23 0.896 0.85 0.59, 1.21 0.366
  Low 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Education
  Primary or below 1.09 1.03, 1.15 0.003 2.02 1.56, 2.61 0.000 1.69 1.04, 2.75 0.035
  Secondary 0.996 0.96, 1.03 0.838 1.16 0.98, 1.38 0.082 1.14 0.84, 1.54 0.394
  Tertiary or above 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Income
  HKD$19,999 or below 1.07 1.02, 1.12 0.004 1.23 0.99, 1.54 0.063 1.46 0.98, 2.20 0.065
  HKD$20,000–$29,999 1.05 1.00, 1.10 0.033 1.16 0.94, 1.44 0.175 1.44 0.96, 2.15 0.076
  HKD$30,000–$39,999 1.03 0.98, 1.08 0.311 1.08 0.86, 1.35 0.511 1.08 0.72, 1.62 0.695
  HKD$40,000–$49,999 1.02 0.96, 1.07 0.590 1.08 0.84, 1.38 0.568 1.19 0.76, 1.85 0.457
  HKD$50,000 or above 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Employment status
  Unemployed 1.08 0.99, 1.18 0.100 1.48 0.93, 2.35 0.096 1.82 0.71, 4.72 0.216
  Dependent 0.96 0.93, 0.99 0.009 1.01 0.86, 1.18 0.896 0.94 0.71, 1.25 0.669
  Employed 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Marital status
  Unmarried 1.02 0.99, 1.05 0.283 1.20 1.04, 1.40 0.016 1.55 1.16, 2.08 0.003
  Married 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Gender
  Male 1.01 0.98, 1.04 0.697 0.88 0.77, 1.01 0.064 0.69 0.54, 0.90 0.006
  Female 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
Age 0.997 0.995, 0.998 0.000 0.99 0.98, 0.99 0.000 1.01 1.00, 1.02 0.013
Lifetime residence in Hong Kong 0.91 0.85, 0.97 0.002 0.68 0.50, 0.92 0.012 0.53 0.29, 0.94 0.030

Note. aOR=adjusted odds ratio and aIRR=adjusted incidence rate ratio.