Table 3 Psychological and Clinical correlates of suicidality

  Low 

101 (16.3)

5 (5.0)

1

1

  Medium 

322 (52.1)

18 (5.6)

1.14 (0.41-3.14)

1.08 (0.39-3.03)

  High 

195 (31.6)

25 (12.8)

2.82 (1.05-7.61)

2.54 (0.93-6.93)

Past Psychiatric History

P = 0.03

P = 0.03

  Present

16 (2.6)

4 (25.0)

4.23 (1.31-13.7)

4.49 (1.33-15.1)

Family history of psychiatric Illness

P = 0.08

P = 0.09

  Present

120 (19.6)

14 (11.7)

1.84 (0.95-3.56)

1.81 (0.92-3.54)

Neurocognitive Impairment

P = 0.30

P = 0.29

  Present

396 (64.1)

34 (8.6)

1.39 (0.73-2.67)

1.41 (0.73-2.70)

Psychosocial Impairment

P = 0.03

P = 0.03

  Present

318 (51.5)

32 (10.1)

1.99 (1.07-3.70)

2.01 (1.07-3.76)

Most Recent CD4 count (cells/μL)

P = 0.37

P = 0.30

  < 100

66 (12.5)

4 (6.1)

1

1

  100-249 

159 (30.2)

15 (9.4)

1.61 (0.51-5.06)

1.52 (0.48-4.81)

  250-349 

81 (15.4)

9 (11.1)

1.94 (0.57-6.60)

1.69 (0.49-5.85)

  350 +  

220 (35.6)

13 (5.9)

0.97 (0.31-3.09)

0.81 (0.25-2.63)

BMI Index

P = 0.60

P = 0.67

  Underweight 

56 (9.2)

4 (7.1)

1

1

  Normal 

388 (64.9)

29 (7.5)

1.05 (0.35-3.11)

0.92 (0.30-2.78)

  Overweight 

117 (20.0)

13 (11.1)

1.62 (0.50-5.23)

1.30 (0.39-4.32)

  Obese 

35 (5.9)

2 (5.7)

0.79 (0.14-4.54)

0.57 (0.10-3.46)

Diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder

P < 0.001

  Present 

10 (1.6)

8 (80.0)

56.8 (11.7-276.4)

*

Diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder

P = 0.003

  Present 

5 (0.81)

3 (60.0)

18.9 (3.08-116.2)

*

Alcohol dependency disorder

P = 0.29

  Present 

4 (0.65)

1 (25.0)

4.02 (0.41-39.4)

*

Major depressive disorder

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Present 

50 (8.1)

27 (54.0)

30.6 (15.1-62.0)

30.3 (14.4-63.8)