Depression with and without Comorbid Substance Dependence in a Child Welfare Sample of Young Adults
Table 2
Conditional likelihood of subsequent depression with or without substance dependence.
Depression with or without substance dependence
Depression with comorbid substance dependence
OR
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
Model
793
205
Youth demographic characteristics
Age in years at baseline
1.01
(0.81, 1.25)
1.1
(0.65, 1.86)
Female
1.64
(0.88, 3.06)
1.22
(0.29, 5.16)
Race/ethnicity
White (referent group)
Black
0.7
(0.29, 1.70)
0.53
(0.11, 2.63)
Hispanic
1.26
(0.47, 3.38)
0.75
(0.11, 4.96)
Other
2.02
(0.84, 4.82)
0.19
(0.02, 1.93)
Youth substance use and depressive sympyoms
Substance use at baseline (20+ days in past 30)
Alcohol
21.03
(2.22, 199.22)
—
Any nontobacco substance
—
37.25
(3.33, 416.54)
Clinically significant depressive sx at baseline
2.63
(1.08, 6.38)
—
Abbreviation: sx: symptoms. — Not included in model. OR significantly different from . Referent group: no depression. Referent group: deprssion without substance dependence.
