Table 4 Logistic regression analysis for correlates of depressive symptoms among study students

Age/years

0.932

0.864

1.006

0.073

0.797

0.721

0.880

 < 0.001

Female gender

1.366

1.025

1.820

0.034

S.E. status

0.917

0.866

0.972

0.004

Presence of Chronic disease

3.048

1.375

6.758

0.006

3.174

1.168

8.623

0.024

Family history of mental illness other than depression

1.571

1.008

2.450

0.046

Family history of depression

2.111

1.257

3.542

0.005

Life satisfaction score

0.892

0.869

0.915

 < 0.001

0.908

0.879

0.937

 < 0.001

MSSQ total score

4.357

3.341

5.681

 < 0.001

3.596

2.680

4.825

 < 0.001

Sense of control score

3.453

2.722

4.381

 < 0.001

2.323

1.763

3.060

 < 0.001