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 3

Logistic regression analysis predicting “high” depressive symptomatology and 13 health-related conditions by Mexican American (N = 799) versus non-Hispanic White (N = 353) ethnicity, adjusting for educational attainment^a.

	B MA versus NHW	B adjusting for educational attainment		B MA versus NHW	B adjusting for educational attainment
Depression (“high”)	0.98***	0.43	Stayed in bed	0.74***	0.13
Cut back activities	0.56***	0.12	Shortness of breath	0.17	−0.13
Tremor/unusual movement	0.70***	0.27	Hypertension	−0.13	−0.33*
Cardiovascular disease	−0.44*	−0.54*	Stroke	−0.09	−0.42
Diabetes mellitus	1.20***	0.94***	Cancer	−1.06***	−0.72***
Broken hip	−0.25	−0.36	Urinary incontinence	0.23	0.04
Arthritis	−0.36**	−0.46**	Bowel incontinence	0.86**	1.22***

^aEducational attainment (after adjusting for MA versus NHW ethnicity) significantly and positively associated with “high” depressive symptomatology (P < 0.001), cutting back on activities (P < 0.000), tremor/unusual movement (P < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (P < 0.05), being bedridden (P < 0.001), shortness of breath (P < 0.01), hypertension (P < 0.05), stroke (P < 0.05), cancer (P < 0.05), and bowel incontinence (P < 0.05). Education did not significantly associate with cardiovascular disease, broken hip, arthritis, or urinary incontinence (after adjusting for effects of MA versus NHW ethnicity).
* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.