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

Table 3.

Weighted Regression Estimates on theAssociation between Depressive Symptoms and AL by Sex

  Women Women with interaction Men Men with interaction

  Coeff. 95% CI Coeff. 95% CI Coeff. 95% CI Coeff. 95% CI
Elevated AL(ALS>4) 0.0294 [-0.560]-[0.618] -0.1665 [-0.858]-[0.525] -0.3997 [-1.155]-[0.355] -0.3474 [-1.214]-[0.519]
Race/Ethnicity (Ref. WNH)                
Black NH 0.0706 [-0.496]-[0.637] -0.4657 [-1.211]-[0.279] -0.4656 [-1.180]-[0.249] -0.3177 [-1.302]-[0.666]
Age (Year) -0.0092 [-0.025]-[0.007] -0.0093 [-0.025]-[0.006] 0.0121 [-0.013]-[0.037] 0.0123 [-0.013]-[0.038]
Female                
Married 0.0000 [0.000]-[0.000] 0.0000 [0.000]-[0.000] 0.0000 [0.000]-[0.000] 0.0000 [0.000]-[0.000]
Poverty to income ratio (Ref. High PIR)                
   Low 1.1614*** [0.558]-[1.765] 1.1503*** [0.548]-[1.752] 0.4747 [-0.480]-[1.429] 0.4739 [-0.481]-[1.428]
   Medium 0.5775 [-0.037]-[1.192] 0.5825 [-0.025]-[1.190] 1.1444* [0.117]-[2.172] 1.1382* [0.106]-[2.170]
Education (Ref.   <High school (HS))          
   HS graduate/GED -0.5699 [-1.269]-[0.130] -0.5722 [-1.270]-[0.126] 0.2023 [-0.825]-[1.230] 0.1964 [-0.830]-[1.223]
   More than HS -0.5131 [-1.165]-[0.138] -0.5186 [-1.169]-[0.132] -0.0641 [-1.051]-[0.923] -0.0643 [-1.052]-[0.923]
Routine place to receive care 0.5452 [-0.333]-[1.423] 0.5667 [-0.305]-[1.438] 0.5079 [-0.538]-[1.554] 0.5141 [-0.530]-[1.558]
Interaction (AL Race)                
AL in BNH NA NA 1.0928* [0.025]-[2.161] NA NA -0.3468 [-1.682]-[0.989]
Constant 13.8572*** [12.645]-[15.070] 13.9401*** [12.713]-[15.167] 12.5985*** [10.745]-[14.452] 12.5627*** [10.692]-[14.434]
R-sq 0.0271   0.0303   0.0249   0.0252  

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