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Table 2 Prevalence of past-year suicidal ideation and univariate associations of past-year suicidal ideation with past-year mental health disorders and status, insomnia, and socio-demographic and military characteristics

From: Insomnia, psychiatric disorders and suicidal ideation in a National Representative Sample of active Canadian Forces members

 

Reported past-year suicide ideation

Univariate association with past-year suicide ideation

Weighted count

Row %

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

PTSD

 No(Ref)

1720

2.9

1.00

 Yes

940

27.9

13.06 (9.47–18.00)**

MDD

 No(Ref)

1340

2.2

1.00

 Yes

1400

27.5

16.44 (12.18–22.21)**

GAD

 No(Ref)

1900

3.1

1.00

 Yes

820

27.3

11.65 (8.35–16.26)**

PD

 No(Ref)

2180

3.6

1.00

 Yes

540

24.9

8.98 (6.21–12.98)**

Alcohol Abuse and Dependency

 No(Ref)

2300

3.7

1.00

 Yes

440

15.1

4.55 (3.04–6.81)**

Insomnia

 None of the time

200(E)

1.0

 

 A little of the time

400(E)

2.2

 

 Some of the time

860

5.5

 

 Most of the time

780

10.9

 

 All of the time

500

14.7

 

 Incremental continuous change

  

2.05 (1.85–2.28)**

Past-year mental health status

 No mental health disorder(Ref)

640

1.2

1.00

 1 mental health disorder

820

13.4

12.23 (8.33–17.96)**

 2 or more mental health disorders

1140

29.8

33.71 (22.82–49.79)**

Sex

 Male(Ref)

2380

4.3

1.00

 Female

380(E)

4.3

0.98 (0.65–1.48)(E)

Age

 17–29(Ref)

1340

2.2

1.00

 30–39

1060

5.1

1.22 (0.86–1.74)

 40–49

600

3.6

0.87 (0.59–1.28)

 50–60

200(E)

3.4

0.77 (0.47–1.25)(E)

Race

 White(Ref)

2580

4.3

1.00

 Non white

160(E)

3.9

0.91 (0.54–1.53)(E)

Marital status

 Married, Common-law(Ref)

1560

3.7

1.00

 Divorced, Separated, Widowed

340(E)

7.1

1.94 (1.31–2.89)(E)**

 Single, Never married

840

4.9

1.34 (0.96–1.86)

Language

 English(Ref)

2300

4.5

1.00

 French

440(E)

3.2

0.70 (0.48–1.02)(E)

Deployment to AFG

 Yes(Ref)

1340

4.6

1.00

 No

1400

4.0

1.16 (0.89–1.51)

  1. (Ref) Reference category for categorical predictors
  2. EUse with caution
  3. *Significantly different from reference at p < .01
  4. **Significantly different from reference at p < .001