Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for intake of psychotropic drugs, in successive models in different ethnic groups. Polish immigrants were the reference group
| Variable Level | Model II a Sex and age adjusted OR (95% CI) | Model II b + Marital status OR (95% CI) | Model II c + Knowledge of Swedish OR (95% CI) | Model II d + Employment OR (95% CI) | Model II e (full model) + Sense of coherence OR (95% CI) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Iranian | 1.84 (1.12, 3.01) | 1.80 (1.06, 3.07) | 1.53 (0.91, 2.59) | 1.32 (0.79, 2.19) | 1.16 (0.72, 1.87) |
| Chilean | 1.51 (1.01, 2.26) | 1.45 (0.94, 2.23) | 1.18 (0.76, 1.82) | 1.14 (0.75, 1.73) | 1.10 (0.74, 1.62) |
| Turkish | 1.33 (0.83, 2.15) | 1.45 (0.87, 2.43) | 1.03 (0.61, 1.76) | 0.90 (0.54, 1.50) | 0.89 (0.55, 1.43) |
| Kurdish | 1.04 (0.54, 1.98) | 1.10 (0.55, 2.18) | 0.82 (0.41, 1.63) | 0.70 (0.36, 1.37) | 0.71 (0.38, 1.32) |
| Polish | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/coh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Living alone | 2.07 (1.48, 2.91) | 2.14 (1.53, 2.98) | 2.02 (1.47, 2.78) | 1.80 (1.33, 2.42) | |
| Knowledge of Swedish | |||||
| Good | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poor | 2.00 (1.42, 2.83) | 1.81 (1.30, 2.53) | 1.58 (1.15, 2.16) | ||
| Employment | |||||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | |||
| No | 2.14 (1.55, 2.95) | 1.97 (1.46, 2.65) | |||
| Sense of coherence | |||||
| High | 1 | ||||
| Low | 2.84 (2.12, 3.81) | ||||
| H-L test | p=0.49 | p=0.30 | p=0.98 | p=0.32 | p=0.34 |