. 2020 Sep 16;100:431–433. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.030

Table 2.

Trends of mental health symptoms by sex, age, and education in Hong Kong adult population.

	Adjusted OR/ β (95% CI)^a
	Sex		Age groups		Education attainment
	Male	Female	18−59 years	60+ years	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary
Stress level
2016	0 [reference]	0 [reference]	0 [reference]	0 [reference]	0 [reference]	0 [reference]	0 [reference]
2017	0.07 (−0.27, 0.41)	0.11 (−0.15, 0.37)	−0.44 (−0.85, −0.02)^a	0.03 (−0.27, 0.32)	−0.07 (−0.58, 0.43)	−0.10 (−0.47, 0.26)	−0.29 (−0.72, 0.14)
2020	1.53 (1.21, 1.85)^d	1.77 (1.51, 2.04)^d	0.84 (0.54, 1.14)^d	2.40 (2.12, 2.67)^d	2.78 (2.28, 3.27)^d	1.83 (1.54, 2.12)^d	0.82 (0.46, 1.18)^d
Interaction	0.54		<0.001		<0.001

Anxiety
2016	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]
2017	0.95 (0.74, 1.22)	1.01 (0.84, 1.21)	0.76 (0.57, 1.00)	1.06 (0.84, 1.33)	1.13 (0.79, 1.61)	0.85 (0.64, 1.13)	0.80 (0.59, 1.10)
2020	1.44 (1.09, 1.90)^b	1.36 (1.08, 1.72)^c	1.09 (0.77, 1.39)	1.88 (1.46, 2.45)^d	1.58 (1.00, 2.49)^b	1.39 (1.08, 1.78)^c	1.28 (0.93, 1.76)
Interaction	0.79		0.006		0.99

Depression
2016	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]
2017	0.95 (0.71, 1.26)	1.06 (0.85, 1.33)	0.73 (0.53, 1.01)	1.25 (0.95, 1.65)	1.08 (0.72, 1.62)	1.00 (0.72, 1.38)	0.87 (0.59, 1.28)
2020	1.88 (1.39, 2.53)^d	2.13 (1.65, 2.74)^d	1.68 (1.30, 2.18)^d	2.54 (1.90, 3.40)^d	1.97 (1.23, 3.18)^d	1.92 (1.46, 2.53)^d	2.09 (1.47, 2.95)^d
Interaction	0.72		0.12		0.92

Unhappiness
2016	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]	1 [reference]
2017	1.01 (0.81, 1.25)	1.01 (0.85, 1.20)	0.92 (0.69, 1.21)	1.05 (0.86, 1.28)	0.99 (0.74, 1.33)	1.05 (0.82, 1.35)	0.90 (0.66, 1.24)
2020	2.18 (1.73, 2.74)^d	2.31 (1.88, 2.83)^d	2.09 (1.67, 2.62)^d	2.47 (2.00, 3.04)^d	2.09 (1.48, 2.97)^d	2.20 (1.78, 2.73)^d	2.44 (1.82, 3.28)^d
Interaction	0.94		0.086		0.85

Abbreviations: β, regression coefficient; OR, odds ratio.

Adjusting for sex, age, education level, and marital status.

P < 0.05.

P < 0.01.

P < 0.001.