Race by Sex Intersectional Differences in the Association between Allostatic Load and Depression in US Adults: 2005-2018

Table 2.

Weighted Regression Estimates on theAssociation between Depressive Symptoms and AL in US Population 20 Year andOlder, 2005-2018

  All All with interaction

  Coeff. 95% CI Coeff. 95% CI
Elevated AL (>4) -0.1554 [-0.652]-[0.341] -0.273 [-0.845]-[0.299]
Race/Ethnicity (Ref. WNH)        
Black NH -0.081 [-0.570]-[0.408] -0.4104 [-1.017]-[0.196]
Age (Year) -0.0017 [-0.016]-[0.013] -0.0019 [-0.016]-[0.013]
Female -0.0551 [-0.495]-[0.384] -0.0594 [-0.497]-[0.378]
Married -0.0551 [-0.495]-[0.384] -0.0594 [-0.497]-[0.378]
Poverty to income ratio (Ref. High PIR)        
   Low 0.9422*** [0.472]-[1.412] 0.9378*** [0.469]-[1.407]
   Medium 0.7572** [0.221]-[1.293] 0.7635** [0.231]-[1.296]
Education (Ref.   <High school (HS)
   HS graduate/GED -0.3089 [-0.927]-[0.309] -0.3054 [-0.924]-[0.313]
   More than HS -0.3126 [-0.875]-[0.250] -0.3156 [-0.877]-[0.246]
Routine place to receive care 0.6465 [-0.004]-[1.297] 0.6469 [-0.003]-[1.296]
Interaction (AL Race)        
AL in BNH NA NA 0.7021 [-0.118]-[1.522]
Constant 13.3438*** [12.273]-[14.415] 13.4125*** [12.315]-[14.510]
R-sq 0.016   0.0172  

* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001    AL: Allostatic Load    NH: Non-Hispanic