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Table 4 Risk factors of mood disorder of gender

From: Association between health behaviors and mood disorders among the elderly: a community-based cohort study

Variables

OR (95% CI)

Male

Female

Demographic variables

 Education

  Master’s and above

0.893 (0.82 to 0.97)*

0.868 (0.71 to 1.06)

  University

0.938 (0.9 to 0.98)*

0.91 (0.84 to 0.98)*

  Vocational school

0.958 (0.91 to 1.02)

0.962 (0.88 to 1.05)

  Junior high school

0.983 (0.94 to 1.03)

0.966 (0.9 to 1.03)

  Senior high school

1.009 (0.95 to 1.07)

0.958 (0.9 to 1.03)

  Self-taught

0.926 (0.82 to 1.04)

0.992 (0.93 to 1.06)

  Illiterate

1.071 (0.97 to 1.19)

0.979 (0.87 to 1.1)

  Elementary school

  

 Marital status

  Widowed

1.069 (1.01 to 1.13)*

1.006 (0.97 to 1.05)

  Divorced

1.386 (1.19 to 1.61)*

1.063 (0.91 to 1.24)

  Married--living separately

1.026 (0.93 to 1.13)

0.982 (0.86 to 1.12)

  Cohabitating

0.997 (0.77 to 1.3)

0.852 (0.68 to 1.07)

  Unmarried

1.026 (0.96 to 1.1)

0.91 (0.84 to 0.99)*

  Married--living together

  

 Drinking milk

  No

1.111 (1.08 to 1.14)*

1.125 (1.09 to 1.16)*

  Yes

  

 Eating at least three servings of vegetables and two of fruits

  No

1.69 (1.63 to 1.76)*

1.885 (1.8 to 1.97)*

  Yes

  

 Long-term medication

  No

0.606 (0.59 to 0.63)*

0.538 (0.52 to 0.56)*

  Yes

  

 Smoking frequency

  Smoking after meals

0.981 (0.93 to 1.04)

0.902 (0.79 to 1.03)

  Daily smoking

1.179 (1.02 to 1.37)*

1.026 (0.71 to 1.48)

  Non-smoking

  

 Alcohol frequency

  Occasionally drinking

0.956 (0.93 to 0.99)*

0.956 (0.9 to 1.01)

  Daily drinking

0.981 (0.9 to 1.07)

0.719 (0.57 to 0.91)*

  Non-drinking

  

 Frequency of physical activity

  Occasional

0.978 (0.92 to 1.04)

0.942 (0.89 to 1)

  Three to five times per week

0.966 (0.92 to 1.02)

0.928 (0.88 to 0.98)*

  Never

  

 Age

   > 85

0.964 (0.91 to 1.02)

0.98 (0.91 to 1.06)

  80–84

0.949 (0.91 to 0.99)*

0.985 (0.93 to 1.05)

  75–79

0.988 (0.95 to 1.03)

0.999 (0.95 to 1.05)

  70–74

1.012 (0.97 to 1.06)

0.993 (0.95 to 1.04)

  65–69

  

Number of chronic diseases

1.008 (0.99 to 1.02)

1.029 (1.01 to 1.05)*

 Biochemical value

  Cholesterol

1 (1 to 1)

1 (1 to 1)

  1. * p-value <0.05