Table 3. Predictors of self-reported depression among female college students.
* p < 0.05, level of significance
BMI, Body mass index, CGPA, cumulative grade point average.
| Variables | Odds ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | p-value | |
| Lower CI | Upper CI | |||
| Age category | ||||
| ≥ 24 | Reference | |||
| < 24 | 0.964 | 0.552 | 1.682 | 0.91 |
| BMI | ||||
| Normal BMI | Reference | |||
| Underweight | 1.906 | 0.575 | 6.316 | 0.29 |
| Overweight | 1.92 | 1.107 | 3.332 | 0.02* |
| Obese | 2.225 | 1.298 | 3.813 | 0.04* |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Whites | Reference | |||
| Blacks | 0.396 | 0.183 | 0.859 | 0.02* |
| Hispanics | 0.366 | 0.146 | 0.923 | 0.03* |
| Others | 0.443 | 0.113 | 1.734 | 0.24 |
| School year | ||||
| Freshman | Reference | |||
| Junior | 1.341 | 0.711 | 2.528 | 0.36 |
| Sophomore | 1.598 | 0.727 | 3.511 | 0.24 |
| Senior | 1.698 | 0.914 | 3.156 | 0.09 |
| CGPA | 2.481 | 0.637 | 9.668 | 0.19 |
| Chronic Back Pain | 2.257 | 1.445 | 3.524 | <0.001* |
| School Employment | 0.993 | 0.626 | 1.575 | 0.98 |
| Regular Physical Exercise | 0.922 | 0.545 | 1.56 | 0.76 |