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Table 5 Stepwise Cox proportional hazards regression analyses of suicidal behavior recurrence during the 2-year follow-up period

From: Post-hospitalization course and predictive signs of suicidal behavior of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital: a 2-year prospective follow-up study

Variable

Suicidal behavior (SB)

SB with suicide intent (SI)

 

Exp(B)

95% CI

P

Exp(B)

95% CI

p

Diagnostic group variables

      

Anxiety disorders

2.055

1.122 - 3.765

0.020

   

Cluster B PD

1.840

1.053 - 3.214

0.032

   

All variables

      

Age at entry

0.953

0.927 - 0.980

0.001

0.963

0.930 - 0.997

0.032

Maltreatment

2.655

1.512 - 4.662

0.001

   

Number of lifetime SBs

1.011

1.004 - 1.018

0.002

   

BHS score

   

1.120

1.037 - 1.222

0.005

  1. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval of Exp (B), PD: personality disorder, Diagnostic group variables: presence or absence of 7 diagnostic group: mood, psychotic, substance-related and anxiety disorders, and clusters A, B and C of PDs, All variables: all the variables that showed a significant association in the previous univariate analyses (see Table 4), Maltreatment: presence of any maltreatment before the age of 18 years, Number of lifetime SBs: Number of SBs in lifetime history, BHS: Beck Hopelessness Scale.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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