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Table 3 Logistic regression model for the relationship between workforce participation and disease group (n = 8841)

From: Co-morbid depression is associated with poor work outcomes in persons with cardiovascular disease (CVD): A large, nationally representative survey in the Australian population

Employment status+

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Jack-knife

Confidence intervals

 

Odds ratio

Odds ratio±

Standard error

(95%)

Condition

    

Neither CVD nor MDD

1.0

   

MDD only

1.0

0.8*

0.1

0.7, 0.9

CVD only

0.3*

0.8*

0.1

0.6, 0.9

Co-morbid MDD and CVD

0.3*

0.4*

0.1

0.3, 0.6

CVD-MDD interaction

 

0.7

0.3

0.4, 1.5

  1. + 0 = Not employed in workforce 1 = full or part-time employment in the workforce, where 0 is the reference group; ± = Adjusted for sex, age, marital status, rurality, smoking, area social disadvantage, education, country of birth, main language spoken, self rated physical health and social support* = p < 0.05; Goodness of fit [27] and link tests produced non-significant test statistics (p = 0.10 and p = 0.29 respectively), reflecting goodness of fit and sound model specificity