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. 2020 Dec 4;3(12):e2027491. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27491

Table 3. Prospective Associations Between Social Support at 19 Years and Clinical Thresholds of Mental Health Problems at 20 Years (N = 1174), Imputed Valuesa.

Model OR (95% CI)
Depressive symptoms Anxiety symptoms
Moderate Severe Moderate Severe
Social support adjusted for sex 0.61 (0.53-0.70) 0.47 (0.39-0.58) 0.74 (0.62-0.88) 0.68 (0.56-0.83)
Social support adjusted for all other confoundersb 0.67 (0.58-0.78) 0.53 (0.42-0.66) 0.84 (0.69-1.02) 0.78 (0.62-0.98)

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

a

Data were compiled from the final master file of the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (1998–2018), Québec Government, Québec Statistic Institute.

b

The fully adjusted model is additionally adjusted for mental health problems during adolescence (ages 15-17 years), including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, attention deficit/hyperactivity-impulsivity, oppositional defiant and conduct symptoms as well as family characteristics in adolescence, including socioeconomic status, family functioning, and family structure (at age 17 years). Reference category: no or minimal symptoms for depressive and anxiety symptoms.