Table 2

Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for self reported psychiatric illness and intake of psychotropic drugs in different ethnic groups after adjustment for sex and age. Native Swedes were used as a reference group

Variable Level Psychiatric illness OR (95% CI) Psychotropic drugs OR (95% CI)
Model I
Ethnicity
Iranian6.17 (4.11, 9.26)5.45 (3.48, 8.49)
Chilean3.92 (2.76, 5.57)4.44 (3.11, 6.34)
Turkish2.91 (1.84, 4.59)3.94 (2.54, 6.10)
Kurdish1.65 (0.79, 3.45)3.08 (1.65, 5.77)
Polish2.07 (1.38, 3.11)2.93 (2.01, 4.88)
Swedish11
H-L testp=0.81p=0.97