Prevalence and associations of depression among patients with cardiac diseases in a public health institute in Trinidad and Tobago

Table 2 Odds ratios of associated factors and depression

			95% Confidence Interval
Factors	OR	p-value	Lower	Upper
Sex (ref Female)	.548	0.015	0.336	0.894
^aEmployment	.452	0.007	0.252	0.811
Comorbidity
^aHypertension	2.063	0.017	1.129	3.767
Psychological
^aPrevious stressful life	2.327	0.001	1.417	3.822
^aCurrent stressful life	2.943	0.001	1.771	4.892
^aPrevious feelings of depression	5.517	0.001	2.815	10.813
^aCurrent feelings of depression	6.724	0.001	3.432	13.175
^aLiving alone	2.992	0.006	1.316	6.798
Lifestyle
^aExercise 3 times per week for > 20 min	0.394	0.001	0.241	0.645

CVD cardiovascular disease, IHD ischemic heart disease, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, TIA transient ischemic attack
^areference values: unemployment, no hypertension, no previous stressful life, no current stressful life, no previous feelings of depression, no current feelings of depression, not living alone, and not exercising 3 time per week for > 20 min

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