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Table 3 Multivariate associations between parental psychopathology and respondent lifetime suicidal behavior 1

From: Association between parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior among adult offspring: results from the cross-sectional South African Stress and Health survey

 

In the total sample

Among those with suicidal ideation

Ideation

Attempts

Plans

Attempts

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Depression

0.4 (0.1-1.2)

0.2 (0.0-1.1)

0.2 (0.0-2.1)

0.6 (0.0-10.5)

Panic

1.5 (1.0-2.2)

2.5* (1.3-4.7)*

2.5* (1.2-5.2)*

1.5 (0.6-4.1)

GAD

2.4* (1.2-4.8)*

1.5 (0.4-6.3)

2.0 (0.4-10.5)

0.8 (0.2-4.1)

Substance abuse

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

1.6 (0.8-3.4)

0.5 (0.1-1.6)

2.1 (0.7-6.9)

Anti-Social personality disorder

1.3 (0.9-2.1)

1.8 (0.9-3.8)

1.0 (0.3-3.1)

0.7 (0.2-2.5)

Suicide (Same-sex parent)

2.7* (1.5-4.9)*

1.5 (0.4-5.0)

0.4 (0.1-1.7)

0.4 (0.0-7.6)

  1. *Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test.
  2. 1Models control for person-year (1–5 intervals) and demographic factors (age, sex, education level, and marital status).