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Table 2 Internalizing and externalizing mental disorder in Muslim and Druze adolescents by selected socio-economic, psychosocial and health-related factors: logistic regression (OR and 95% CI)

From: Correlates of mental disorders among minority Arab adolescents in Israel: results from the Galilee Study

Risk factors

Population group

Muslim N = 1147

Druze N = 440

Internalizing Disorder (N = 181–15.8%)

Externalizing Disorder (N = 48–4.2%)

Internalizing Disorder (N = 26–5.9%)

Externalizing Disorder (N = 24–5.5%)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Gender

 Male

1.00 [reference]

3.2 (1.3–7.5)++

1.00 [reference]

24.6 (3.8–161.3) +++

 Female

1.5 (1.0–2.1) +

1.00[reference]

1.5 (0.6–3.3)

1.00 [reference]

SES Index

 Medium

------a

–

1.00 [reference]

1.8 (0.7–4.7)

 Medium-low

1.00 [reference]

5.0 (2.0–8.8)+++

1.5 (0.6–3.5)

1.00 [reference]

 Very low

2.4 (1.6–2.8)+++

1.00 [reference]

–

–

Number of siblings

 1–2

6.3 (3.3–11.8) +++

1.00 [reference]

1.7 (0.5–5.7)

1.00 [reference]

 3–4

3.2 (1.8–5.7)+++

2.8 (0.9–6.5)+

0.8 (0.3–2.5)

3.6 (0.9–13.4)

 5 or more

1.00 [reference]

1.7 (0.5–6.5)

1.00 [reference]

3.5 (0.7–16.8)

Learning disability

 Yes

4.0 (2.1–7.5)++

21.8 (8.9–53.4) +++

–

–

 No

1.00 [reference]

1.00 [reference]

  

GHQ-12

 High

2.0 (1.4–2.9)+++

8.7 (3.8–19.5)+++

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

2.0 (0.7–5.4)

 Low

1.00 [reference]

1.00 [reference]

1.00 [reference]

1.00 [reference]

FDI Index

  

–

–

 High

2.5 (1.7–3.6)+++

1.6 (0.7–3.5)

  

 Low

1.00 [reference]

1.00 [reference]

  
  1. + p ≤ .05; ++ p ≤ .01; +++ p ≤ .001
  2. a ‘------’ = less than 5 cases in this category