Health-Related Conditions and Depression in Elderly Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Residents of a United States-Mexico Border County: Moderating Effects of Educational Attainment

Table 1

Prevalence of high depressive symptomatology^a by self-reported health-related condition for total elderly sample (N = 1152).

		Prevalence (%)						Prevalence (%)
		High depressive symptoms^a						High depressive symptoms^a
Condition	N	With condition	Without condition	Odds ratio	95% CI	Condition	N	With condition	Without condition	Odds ratio	95% CI
All CES-D respondents	1152											10.7				Ethnicity (Mexican Am)	799	13.3	5.2***	2.66	1.58 4.47
Cut back activities	347	22.2	5.0***	5.40	3.59 8.10	Stayed in bed	185	27.0	6.9***	5.00	3.32 7.53
Tremor/unusual movement	228	25.2	6.7***	4.70	3.16 6.99	Shortness of breath	274	24.1	5.8***	5.19	3.49 7.73
Cardiovascular disease	174	12.6	9.8	1.33	0.81 2.17	Hypertension	621	12.7	7.4**	1.84	1.23 2.74
Diabetes mellitus	284	16.5	8.2***	2.22	1.49 3.30	Stroke	121	19.0	9.2***	2.31	1.40 3.81
Broken hip	53	11.3	10.2	1.12	0.47 2.68	Cancer	173	8.1	10.6	0.74	0.41 1.33
Arthritis	586	13.5	7.0***	2.07	1.39 3.10	Urinary incontinence	195	20.5	8.1***	2.94	1.93 4.47
Bowel incontinence	79	20.3	9.6*	2.40	1.34 4.32

^aBased on a total CES-D score of 16 or higher.
* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.