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. 2018 Jul 19;41(2):428. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy130

Erratum: Depression symptoms as mediators of inequalities in self-reported health: the case of Southern European elderly

T Leão, J Perelman
PMCID: PMC7304465  PMID: 30032186

J Public Health (Oxf) 2017; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdx173

There was an error in Table 2. The correct table is shown below:

The online paper has been corrected.

Table 2.

Association between education level, gender, age and poor SRH, progressively adjusted for chronic diseases, functional limitations, depression symptoms, and interaction between depression symptoms, chronic diseases and functional limitations

Wave 4—2011 Wave 6—2015
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Education (Ref.: tertiary)
 Secondary 1.759* 1.646 1.374 1.384 1.621* 1.355 1.128 1.097
(1.005–3.081) (0.947–2.859) (0.743–2.541) (0.737–2.598) (1.013–2.595) (0.831–2.210) (0.681–1.868) (0.662–1.819)
 Primary 3.408*** 2.427** 1.980* 1.959* 3.005*** 1.953** 1.506 1.437
(1.957–5.934) (1.404–4.193) (1.076–3.644) (1.047–3.664) (1.882–4.798) (1.187–3.213) (0.902–2.515) (0.862–2.397)
 No education 6.080*** 3.500*** 2.553** 2.522** 4.179*** 2.461** 1.730 1.649
(3.366–10.982) (1.900–6.448) (1.304–4.997) (1.273–4.995) (2.567–6.801) (1.426–4.248) (0.970–3.087) (0.922–2.951)
Gender (Ref.: male)
 Female 1.564*** 1.284* 0.827 0.833 1.469** 1.121 0.745* 0.747*
(1.311–1.865) (1.056–1.561) (0.667–1.027) (0.672–1.033) (1.173–1.840) (0.870–1.444) (0.570–0.973) (0.573–0.974)
Age (Ref.: 50–64)
 65–79 2.043*** 1.240 1.292* 1.250 1.504*** 0.858 0.854 0.858
(1.662–2.511) (0.988–1.557) (1.024–1.631) (0.991–1.576) (1.135–1.992) (0.630–1.169) (0.611–1.195) (0.613–1.196)
 80 and over 3.626*** 1.407* 1.275 1.240 2.835*** 1.187** 1.098 1.187
(2.802–4.693) (1.026–1.930) (0.914–1.779) (0.891–1.724) (2.052–3.915) (0.818–1.723) (0.741–1.628) (0.751–1.639)
Country (Ref.: Spain)
 Italy 0.943 1.100 1.118 1.113 0.726*** 0.807* 0.641** 0.639**
(0.783–1.135) (0.895–1.352) (0.903–1.382) (0.901–1.374) (0.577–0.914) (0.626–1.041) (0.487–0.843) (0.486–0.840)
 Portugal 1.437* 1.496* 1.414 1.387 1.259 0.777 0.614* 0.638*
(1.053–1.960) (1.029–2.175) (0.965–2.073) (0.947–2.032) (0.910–1.742) (0.546–1.106) (0.420–0.896) (0.441–0.924)
Chronic disease 1.832*** 1.660*** 2.013*** 1.772*** 1.607*** 1.939***
(1.717–1.956) (1.552–1.776) (1.786–2.269) (1.661–1.891) (1.496–1.725) (1.708–2.202)
Functional limitations 1.663*** 1.486*** 1.457*** 1.783*** 1.553*** 1.407***
(1.530–1.808) (1.367–1.615) (1.232–1.723) (1.616–1.967) (1.413–1.706) (1.125–1.759)
Depression symptoms 1.379*** 1.535*** 1.384*** 1.519***
(1.325–1.434) (1.433–1.644) (1.330–1.440) (1.410–1.636)
Interaction (depression symptoms × chronic disease) 0.959*** 0.963***
(0.938–0.980) (0.943–0.983)
Interaction (depression symptoms × functional limitations) 1.005 1.017
(0.977–1.034) (0.980–1.055)

P-values: *0.05, **0.01, ***0.001; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.


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