Gender differences in positive screen for depression and diagnosis among older adults in Chile

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of positive screen for depression among Chilean older men and women

	Major depressive disorder				Depressive disorder of any level of severity
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age (60–69)
70–79	1.00	0.55–1.82	0.67	0.44–1.01	0.70	0.49–0.99	0.59	0.44–0.78
80+	1.18	0.60–2.34	0.99	0.54–1.83	1.13	0.71–1.81	0.83	0.55–1.24
Years of education (< 8)
8–11	1.58	0.88–2.81	0.94	0.61–1.46	1.21	0.86–1.71	0.93	0.69–1.26
12+	1.58	0.84–2.95	1.19	0.77–1.84	0.67	0.45–0.99	0.81	0.60–1.10
Marital status (married)
Single	0.93	0.40–2.16	1.33	0.72–2.46	1.03	0.59–1.81	0.93	0.62–1.40
Divorced	0.52	0.17–1.55	1.25	0.67–2.32	0.89	0.4–1.98	1.36	0.89–2.08
Widowed	0.53	0.22–1.27	1.37	0.84–2.23	1.22	0.74–1.99	1.22	0.88–1.70
Living alone	2.13	1.00–4.52	1.17	0.74–1.84	1.21	0.72–2.05	1.26	0.91–1.74
Negative self-rated health	5.45	2.37–12.52	10.02	5.08–19.77	3.06	2.04–4.59	4.25	3.03–5.96
Disability	2.11	1.19–3.76	2.14	1.45–3.15	2.29	1.63–3.21	2.23	1.68–2.98
Chronic conditions (none)
1–2	1.40	0.70–2.8	1.63	0.86–3.08	1.55	1.05–2.27	1.42	0.98–2.06
3+	3.79	1.67–8.59	1.69	0.87–3.29	2.73	1.70–4.37	2.15	1.42–3.26

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