TABLE 3.

Association between level of food insecurity and depression.

	Depression
Variables	N-M level (n = 460)	M-S level (n = 65)	P-value	PRc (95% CI)	PRa (95% CI)
Sex
Women	304 (66.1%)	54 (83.1%)	0.009	Reference	Reference
Men	156 (33.9%)	11 (16.9%)		0.44 (0.23–0.81)**	0.43 (0.23–0.81)**
Age
≤35 years	194 (85.5%)	33 (14.5%)	0.190	Reference	Reference
>35 years	266 (89.3%)	32 (10.7%)		0.74 (0.47–1.2)	0.73 (0.47–1.15)
Socioeconomic status
A–B	52 (11.3%)	5 (7.69%)	0.571	Reference	Reference
C–D	388 (84.3%)	56 (86.2%)		1.43 (0.6–3.44)	1.07 (0.46–2.54)
E	20 (4.35%)	4 (6.15%)		1.9 (0.56–6.48)	1.09 (0.33–3.69)
Food insecurity
Normal	141 (30.7%)	9 (13.8%)	0.001	Reference	Reference
Mild	227 (49.3%)	31 (47.7%)		1.88 (0.91–4.1)	1.9 (0.9–3.9)
Moderate	67 (14.6%)	14 (21.5%)		2.9 (1.3–6.4)**	2.8 (1.2–6.3)*
Severe	25 (5.43%)	11 (16.9%)		5.1 (2.3–11.4)**	5.7 (2.5–13.0)**

Data presented as absolute and relative frequency (%). N-M, normal-mild; M-S, moderate-severe; PRc, crude prevalence ratio; PRa, prevalence ratio adjusted for all variables presented; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, statistically significant by Poisson regression with robust variance.