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Race by Sex Intersectional Differences in the Association between Allostatic Load and Depression in US Adults: 2005-2018

Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 2. Weighted Regression Estimates on theAssociation between Depressive Symptoms and AL in US Population 20 Year andOlder, 2005-2018

 AllAll with interaction
 Coeff. 95% CICoeff.95% CI
Elevated AL (>4)-0.1554[-0.652]-[0.341]-0.273[-0.845]-[0.299]
Race/Ethnicity (Ref. WNH)    
Black NH-0.081[-0.570]-[0.408]-0.4104[-1.017]-[0.196]
Age (Year)-0.0017[-0.016]-[0.013]-0.0019[-0.016]-[0.013]
Female-0.0551[-0.495]-[0.384]-0.0594[-0.497]-[0.378]
Married-0.0551[-0.495]-[0.384]-0.0594[-0.497]-[0.378]
Poverty to income ratio (Ref. High PIR)    
   Low0.9422***[0.472]-[1.412]0.9378***[0.469]-[1.407]
   Medium0.7572**[0.221]-[1.293]0.7635**[0.231]-[1.296]
Education (Ref.   <High school (HS)
   HS graduate/GED-0.3089[-0.927]-[0.309]-0.3054[-0.924]-[0.313]
   More than HS-0.3126[-0.875]-[0.250]-0.3156[-0.877]-[0.246]
Routine place to receive care0.6465[-0.004]-[1.297]0.6469[-0.003]-[1.296]
Interaction (AL Race)    
AL in BNHNANA0.7021[-0.118]-[1.522]
Constant13.3438***[12.273]-[14.415]13.4125***[12.315]-[14.510]
R-sq0.016 0.0172 

* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001    AL: Allostatic Load    NH: Non-Hispanic