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Table 1 Variables associated with violent and non violent crimes, bivariate and multivariate analysis

From: High prevalence rates for multiple psychiatric conditions among inmates at French Guiana’s correctional facility: diagnostic and demographic factors associated with violent offending and previous incarceration

 

Total

Incarceration linked to violence N(%)

Incarceration not linked to violence N(%)

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI), P

Age in years Mean [SD]

707

29.6 [10.3]

31 [11.2]

1 (0.99–1.02)

1(0.98–1.02), P = 0.5

Sex

 Male

 Female

647

60

195 (98.5)

3(1.5)

452(88.8)

57(11.2)

8.2(2.5–26.5)

8 (2.4–26.4), P = 0.001

Antisocial disorder

 Yes

 No

245

462

67(33.8)

131 (66.2)

178 (35)

331(65)

0.9 (0.67–1.3)

0.9 (0.6–1.3), P = 0.5

Generalized anxiety disorder

 Yes

 No

182

525

39(19.7)

159(80.3)

143(28.1)

366(71.9)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.5 (0.3–0.8), P = 0.006

Psychosis

 Yes

 No

51

656

23(11.6)

175(88.4)

28(5.5)

481(94.5)

2.2 (1.2–4)

2.4 (1.2–4.6), P = 0.01

Substance addiction

 Yes

 No

235

230

61(30.8)

197 (69.2)

174(34.2)

33(65.8)

0.8(0.6–1.2)

0.7 (0.4–1), P = 0.05

Alcohol addiction

 Yes

 No

144

583

39(19.7)

159(80.3)

85(16.7)

424(83.3)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

1.4 (0.86–2.2), P = 0.19

PTSD

 Yes

 No

107

600

40(20.2)

158(79.8)

67(13.1)

442(86.8)

1.7(1.1–2.6)

1.8 (1.08–3), P = 0.02

Social phobia

 Yes

 No

63

644

15(7.6)

183(92.4)

48(9.4)

461(90.6)

0.8 (0.4–1.44)

0.7 (0.4–1.5), P = 0.4

Agoraphobia

 Yes

 No

76

631

28(14.1)

170(85.9)

48(9.4)

461(90.6)

1.6 (0.96–2.6)

1.6 (0.9–2.9), P = 0.1

Panic attacks

 Yes

 No

48

659

15(7.6)

183(92.4)

33(6.5)

476(93.5)

1.2 (0.6–2.2)

1 (0.5–2), P = 0.9

Mania

 Yes

 No

26

681

5(2.5)

193(97.5)

21(4.1)

488(95.9)

0.6 (0.2–1.6)

0.4 (0.1–1.2), P = 0.1

Mood disorders

 Yes

 No

38

669

11(5.5)

187(94.5)

27(5.3)

482(94.7)

1 (0.5–2.1)

0.9 (0.4–2.2), P = 0.9

Suicidality

 Yes

 No

93

614

35(17.7)

163(82.3)

58(11.4)

451(88.6)

1.7 (1.05–2.6)

2.1 (1.2–3.8), P = 0.009

Depression

 Yes

 No

101

606

28(14.1)

170(85.9)

73 (14.3)

436(85.7)

1 (0.6–1.6)

0.8 (0.4–1.5), P = 0.5