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Table 3 Recent stressors as bivariate predictors for the onset of depression during the past year, adjusted for gender and race

From: The relationship between childhood adversity, recent stressors, and depression in college students attending a South African university

 

prevalence

Chi-square test

Odds Ratioe

PARPe

Predictor

n(w)

%(w)a

SE

%(w)b

SE

%(w)c

SE

X2

df

P-valued

OR

95%-

95%+

%(w)

A life-threatening illness or injury of a very close friend or family member

161

24.2

1.6

24.7

1.8

22.5

3.7

0.24

1

0.622

0.8

0.5

1.4

−3.3

Death of a close friend or family member

179

26.8

1.6

28.1

1.9

21.5

3.7

1.89

1

0.165

0.7

0.4

1.2

−6.2

Break-up with a romantic partner

202

30.5

1.7

29.0

1.9

37.7

4.4

3.11

1

0.074

1.5

1.0

2.3

10.1

You discovered that a romantic partner cheated on you

73

11.0

1.2

9.6

1.2

19.7

3.6

8.97

1

0.003

2.4

1.3

4.3

9.1

Serious betrayal by someone else close to you

141

21.2

1.5

18.7

1.6

34.7

4.2

13.43

1

<0.001

2.1

1.3

3.4

15.1

Serious ongoing arguments or break-ups with some other close friend or family member

136

20.6

1.5

17.1

1.6

35.2

4.3

17.85

1

<0.001

2.5

1.6

4.1

18.0

Academic stress

525

78.6

1.5

76.4

1.8

88.2

2.9

7.12

1

0.007

2.1

1.1

3.9

39.6

Sexual/Gender Identity Crisis

47

7.0

1.0

6.0

1.0

14.0

3.1

8.29

1

0.004

3.3

1.7

6.7

7.6

Hospitalization

65

9.8

1.1

9.2

1.2

14.6

3.2

2.83

1

0.092

1.7

0.9

3.2

4.7

You were involved in a life-threatening accident

28

4.2

0.8

4.2

0.8

4.1

1.9

0.01

1

0.941

1.1

0.4

3.1

0.2

You were seriously physically assaulted

25

3.7

0.7

3.3

0.8

4.5

2.1

0.38

1

0.569

2.2

0.7

6.3

2.0

You were sexually assaulted or raped

3

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.8

0.8

f

–

0.126

2.0

0.2

25.0

0.5

You had trouble with the police

14

2.2

0.6

2.2

0.6

1.1

1.0

0.52

–

0.497

1.1

0.2

6.5

0.2

You spent time in jail

2

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.3

–

–

f

–

1.000

1.7

0.0

62.7

0.1

Serious legal problem

9

1.4

0.5

1.5

0.5

–

–

f

–

0.612

0.4

0.0

8.7

−0.5

You had a pregnancy

2

0.3

0.2

–

 

1.6

1.1

f

–

0.032

14.5

0.3

699.7

1.0

You were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection

2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

1.2

1.1

f

–

0.323

8.6

0.5

144.5

0.7

You were diagnosed with HIV

0

0.0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Any other recent experience

70

10.6

1.2

8.7

1.2

17.9

3.5

7.90

1

0.005

2.4

1.3

4.4

8.8

Any recent experience

552

90.7

1.2

89.2

1.4

96.1

1.8

4.34

1

0.037

2.4

0.9

6.6

49.6

No recent experience

57

9.3

1.2

10.8

1.4

3.9

1.8

–

–

–

(ref)

(ref)

(ref)

(ref)

Exactly one recent experience

133

21.9

1.6

23.5

1.8

13.1

3.0

–

–

–

1.2

0.4

3.9

2.4

Exactly two recent experiences

147

24.2

1.7

24.4

1.9

25.0

4.1

–

–

–

2.3

0.8

6.7

12.4

Three or more recent experiences

271

44.6

1.9

41.3

2.1

57.9

4.6

13.00

3

0.004

3.1

1.1

8.8

35.1

  1. Significant P-values, OR and PARP are indicated in bold (α = 0.05); OR Odds ratio, PARP Population- attributable risk proportion
  2. aThe prevalence of the predictor in the full sample
  3. bThe prevalence of the predictor among those without 12-month depressive symptoms
  4. cThe prevalence of the predictor among those with 12-month depressive symptoms
  5. dUnadjusted for multiple comparison. For multiple test adjusted P-values, see Additional file 1: Table S1
  6. eAdjusted for gender and race
  7. fFisher-Exact test
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