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Table 2 Relation of suicide to mental disorders and socio-economic status in young adults aged 18–34 years, odds ratio (OR) from multivariate models (2003–2008, New South Wales, Australia)

From: Suicide in young adults: psychiatric and socio-economic factors from a case–control study

 

OR (95%CI) (a)

P value

OR (95%CI) (b)

P value

OR (95%CI) (c)

P value

Males

     

Substance use disorder

     

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

3.58 (1.60-7.99)

0.002

3.26 (1.45-7.36)

0.004

2.62 (1.11-6.15)

0.027

Affective disorder

      

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

3.08 (1.31-7.26)

0.010

3.63 (1.48-8.91)

0.005

2.80 (1.10-7.14)

0.030

Anxiety disorder

      

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

5.91 (1.38-25.26)

0.017

5.25 (1.18-23.45)

0.030

4.13 (0.85-20.22)

0.080

Socio-economic status

      

High

1.00

   

1.00

 

Mid

1.58 (0.61-4.09)

0.350

  

1.62 (0.58-4.53)

0.357

Low

3.08 (1.21-7.82)

0.018

  

2.92 (1.04-8.16)

0.042

Linear trend

1.77 (1.12-2.81)

0.015

  

1.72 (1.03-2.85)

0.037

Females

      

Substance use disorder

     

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

2.24 (0.51-9.95)

0.287

2.57 (1.39-4.78)

0.003

1.12 (0.17-7.58)

0.905

Affective disorder

      

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

4.41 (0.95-20.56)

0.059

5.14 (2.56-10.30)

<0.001

1.28 (0.15-11.08)

0.825

Anxiety disorder

      

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

33.67 (4.29-264.17)

0.001

67.93 (14.03-328.79)

<0.001

43.55 (2.56-741.34)

0.009

Socio-economic status+

      

High

1.00

   

1.00

 

Mid

1.52 (0.17-13.61)

0.706

  

0.88 (0.08-10.00)

0.918

Low

4.78 (0.73-31.35)

0.103

  

5.18 (0.68-39.59)

0.113

Linear trend

2.29 (1.10-5.87)

0.082

  

2.59 (0.92-7.33)

0.073

  1. OR = 1.00 (Referent group).
  2. (a) Adjusted for marital status + family history.
  3. (b) Adjusted for marital status + family history + socio-economic status.
  4. (c) Adjusted for marital status + family history + socio-economic status + mental disorders.
  5. + Socio-economic status based on composite measure of household income and educational achievement.