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J Epidemiol Community Health 62:980-986 doi:10.1136/jech.2007.068460
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Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe growth and development study

Table 4 Multivariate generalised estimating equation models predicting common mental disorders (n = 902)
Variable High anxiety symptoms* High depression symptoms† Distress‡ PTS¶
B p Value B p Value B p Value B p Value
Food secure −1.04 <0.01 −1.22 <0.01 −1.14 <0.01 −0.63 <0.01
Stressful life events 0.14 <0.01 0.15 <0.01 0.14 <0.01 0.26 <0.001
High SES ladder −0.23 0.01 −0.18 0.01 −0.24 <0.01 −0.2 0.06
Female 0.95 <0.01 0.71 <0.01 0.8 <0.01 0.76 <0.01
BMI <18.5 0.32 0.03 0.32 0.03 0.33 0.03 0.29 0.10
High goods 0.13 0.42 −0.18 0.30 0.03 0.88 −0.23 0.29
High livestock 0.33 0.08 0.35 0.07 0.52 <0.01 0.21 0.42
Age 0.01 0.50 0.01 0.19 0.01 0.32 0.02 0.29
  • *Assessed as mean score of items 1–10 on the HSCL ⩾1.75.

  • †Assessed as mean score of items 11–25 on the HSCL ⩾1.75.

  • ‡Assessed as mean score on the HSCL ⩾1.75.

  • ¶Assessed as mean score on the HTQ ⩾2.0.

  • BMI, body mass index; PTS, post-traumatic stress; SES, socioeconomic status.

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