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Table. 2.

Odds ratios for the development of depressive mood^a

Variable	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex
Male	Reference		Reference
Female	1.451 (1.060–1.985)	0.020	1.972 (1.336–2.909)	0.001
Age (y)
19–29	Reference		Reference
30–39	0.602 (0.442–0.820)	0.001	0.934 (0.585–1.492)	0.776
Education level
≤Elementary school	Reference		Reference
Middle school	0.333 (0.038–2.910)	0.320	0.289 (0.026–3.246)	0.315
High school	0.175 (0.024–1.259)	0.083	0.210 (0.023–1.874)	0.162
≥College	0.115 (0.016–0.826)	0.032	0.160 (0.018–1.422)	0.100
Occupation
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.703 (0.512–0.965)	0.029	0.641 (0.451–0.912)	0.014
Family number
1	Reference		Reference
2	0.673 (0.382–1.189)	0.173	1.000 (0.528–1.893)	>0.999
3	0.490 (0.295–0.811)	0.006	0.656 (0.371–1.161)	0.148
≥4	0.570 (0.355–0.916)	0.020	0.743 (0.430–1.285)	0.289
Spouse status
Unmarried	Reference		Reference
With spouse	0.485 (0.348–0.676)	<0.001	0.537 (0.321–0.896)	0.017
Married but without spouse	1.014 (0.291–3.529)	0.983	1.064 (0.272–4.156)	0.929
Perceived health status
Good	0.617 (0.422–0.903)	0.013	0.882 (0.586–1.327)	0.547
Moderate	Reference		Reference
Bad	2.200 (1.484–3.263)	<0.001	1.514 (0.982–2.335)	0.060
Diabetes	4.327 (1.026–18.257)	0.046	2.204 (0.437–11.121)	0.338
Stress perception
Low	Reference		Reference
High	4.857 (3.480–6.778)	<0.001	4.343 (3.049–6.184)	<0.001
Smoking
Non-smoker	Reference		Reference
Ex-smoker	0.827 (0.510–1.342)	0.442	0.948 (0.554–1.623)	0.846
Smoker	1.581 (1.118–2.236)	0.010	1.914 (1.237–2.960)	0.004

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^aDepressive mood: ≥2 weeks of continuing depressive mood.

P-value by logistic regression analysis.