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. 2021 Feb 18;21:111. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03107-3

Table 3.

Sex-and-aged adjusted prevalence ratios for risk factors of depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) by previous mental health diagnosis, n = 57,446

Previous Mental Health Diagnosis
Yes No NR
n = 9383 n = 46,585 n = 1282
PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI)
Region
 Metropolitan Lima Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Resto Coast 1 (0.90,1.12) 0.90** (0.83,0.97) 0.97 (0.74,1.27)
 Andes 0.96 (0.88,1.06) 1.04 (0.97,1.12) 0.81 (0.64,1.03)
 Jungle 0.89 (0.73,1.07) 0.89 (0.79,1.01) 0.77 (0.52,1.14)
Education
 Less than high school Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Completed high school 1.02 (0.91,1.14) 0.93 (0.86,1.00) 0.96 (0.70,1.31)
 Undergraduate or higher 0.86* (0.76,0.98) 0.76*** (0.69,0.83) 0.77 (0.51,1.16)
Marital status
 Single Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Married 0.78*** (0.68,0.90) 0.87** (0.79,0.96) 1.03 (0.68,1.57)
 Living together 0.90* (0.81,0.99) 0.85*** (0.79,0.92) 0.7 (0.48,1.02)
 Other 0.91 (0.77,1.07) 1.20** (1.05,1.37) 1.25 (0.78,2.02)
Household size (≥4) 1.06 (0.98,1.15) 1.03 (0.97,1.09) 1.05 (0.85,1.30)
Household income
 Up to 930 PEN Ref. Ref. Ref.
 931–1860 PEN 0.91 (0.82,1.02) 0.95 (0.87,1.03) 1.09 (0.78,1.54)
 1861–2790 PEN 0.89 (0.76,1.03) 0.9 (0.80,1.01) 1.05 (0.70,1.56)
 2791–4650 PEN 0.76** (0.62,0.93) 0.81** (0.71,0.93) 1.08 (0.70,1.69)
 More than 4651 PEN 0.70*** (0.58,0.85) 0.68*** (0.58,0.79) 1.21 (0.84,1.74)
 Prefer not to respond 0.97 (0.88,1.07) 0.94 (0.88,1.01) 1.09 (0.83,1.44)
COVID-19 infection 0.89 (0.58,1.36) 1.67*** (1.31,2.13) 0.88 (0.40,1.95)
Comorbidities 1.14** (1.05,1.24) 1.43*** (1.34,1.53) 1.09 (0.85,1.40)
Employment
 Formal employment Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Informal employment 1.37*** (1.19,1.58) 1.25*** (1.12,1.38) 0.81 (0.47,1.40)
 Unemployed before lockdown 1.34*** (1.18,1.52) 1.40*** (1.271,1.53) 1.29 (0.88,1.87)
 Recently unemployed 1.35*** (1.20,1.51) 1.42*** (1.31,1.53) 1.47* (1.04,2.07)

Values represent independent sex and age adjusted models for each covariate

PR prevalence ratio, 95%CI 95% confidence intervals

*p-value< 0.05, ** p-value < 0.01, *** p-value < 0.001