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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios of major depressive disorder among Kenyan youth

From: Major depressive disorder in a Kenyan youth sample: relationship with parenting behavior and parental psychiatric disorders

Associations

AOR

95% CI

p Value

  

Lower

Upper

 

Age in years

    

 13 to 15

1.64

0.58

4.60

0.348

 16 to 18

2.74

1.09

6.93

0.033

 19 to 22

Reference

   

Gender

1.98

0.87

8.678

0.045

 Female

Reference

   

 Male

    

Maternal parental behavior

    

 Rejecting behavior

2.165

1.060

4.422

0.034

 Other behavior

Reference

   

Major depressive disorder in mother

    

 Present

5.27

1.10

14.76

<0.001

 Absent

Reference

   

Major depressive disorder in father

    

 Present

0.51

0.21

1.23

0.135

 Absent

Reference

   

 Deceased

4.69

1.50

14.69

0.008

Any anxiety in youth

    

 Yes

4.03

1.47

11.08

0.007

 No

Reference

   

Alcohol use in youth

    

 Yes

2.41

1.19

4.89

0.015

 No

Reference

   

Suicide behavior in youth

    

 Yes

4.52

1.38

14.81

0.013

 No

Reference

   

Conduct disorder in youth

    

 Yes

2.909

0.659

12.848

0.159

 No

Reference

   
  1. Italicized values are at p < 0.05. AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.