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. 2020 May 4;20:617. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08778-3

Table 4.

Combined effects of metabolic syndrome and SES (primarily education level and household income) for depression in male and female

Characteristics Male Female
Model1a Model2b Model3c Model1a Model2b Model3c
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Education level & Metabolic syndrome
College or more & No 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 0.0001 1.00 0.02
College or more & Yes 2.26 (0.76–6.74) 2.18 (0.73–6.48) 1.96 (0.66–5.83) 3.40 (1.80–6.41) 3.16 (1.63–6.13) 2.55 (1.28–5.10)
High school & No 2.41 (1.13–5.15) 2.12 (1.01–4.49) 2.13 (0.91–4.99) 2.02 (1.45–2.81) 1.69 (1.20–2.37) 1.45 (0.10–2.10)
High school & Yes 6.30 (2.61–15.21) 4.90 (2.07–11.57) 4.29 (1.75–10.53) 4.00 (2.51–6.38) 2.96 (1.78–4.91) 2.53 (1.43–4.48)
Middle schools & No 9.23 (3.63–23.46) 6.31 (2.62–15.23) 8.43 (3.25–21.84) 4.14 (2.56–6.71) 2.80 (1.70–4.61) 2.39 (1.35–4.23)
Middle schools & Yes 10.11 (3.52–29.04) 6.98 (2.30–21.12) 11.84 (3.62–38.68) 3.82 (2.00–7.30) 2.46 (1.20–5.08) 2.45 (1.21–4.96)
Elementary school or less & No 25.31 (10.79–59.40) 15.60 (6.59–36.90) 13.87 (5.22–36.84) 5.25 (3.25–8.49) 3.16 (1.88–5.30) 2.31 (1.25–4.28)
Elementary school or less & Yes 19.81 (7.44–52.74) 13.97 (5.10–38.25) 14.74 (4.69–46.28) 5.28 (3.15–8.84) 2.74 (1.54–4.83) 2.81 (1.52–5.22)
Household income & Metabolic syndrome
Higha No 1.00 <.0001 1.00 0.001 1.00 0.001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001
Higha Yes 1.10 (0.41–2.96) 1.27 (0.47–3.44) 0.91 (0.34–2.45) 2.69 (1.55–4.67) 2.36 (1.34–4.15) 2.30 (1.22–4.34)
Middlea No 1.24 (0.67–2.29) 0.87 (0.46–1.63) 0.67 (0.31–1.43) 2.09 (1.54–2.83) 1.71 (1.25–2.33) 1.91 (1.33–2.74)
Middlea Yes 2.14 (1.07–4.29) 1.54 (0.72–3.29) 1.60 (0.66–3.88) 3.02 (2.02–4.50) 2.16 (1.94–3.36) 2.69 (1.64–4.41)
Lowa No 6.70 (3.49–12.84) 2.81 (1.45–5.45) 2.62 (1.22–5.63) 4.22 (2.85–6.23) 2.67 (1.76–4.05) 2.94 (1.77–4.87)
Lowa Yes 8.85 (3.96–19.78) 3.48 (1.43–8.43) 3.01 (1.13–8.01) 5.93 (3.54–9.91) 3.13 (1.82–5.39) 4.05 (2.18–7.53)

aModel1: adjusted for age

bModel2: adjusted for age, education level, income, marital status, moderate physical activity more than, smoking status, alcohol consumption, prevalence of chronic diseases

cModel3: adjusted for age, education level, income, marital status, moderate physical activity more than, smoking status, alcohol consumption, prevalence of chronic diseases, history of depression